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ANNOUNCEMENT
Author and Consultant,
Christopher
Ingham, has made arrangements with another publisher to compile his
lessons into a textbook. As soon as his book is on the market, its
title and availability will be noted on this page. All of his lesson
and course outlines will be removed permanently from our server before
the end of May 2004.
If your students are still
required to use his information to complete a course already underway, contact
us to make suitable arrangements.
We wish Mr. Ingham every
success in the promotion of his upcoming book.
An
approach to teaching
Macbeth
to 16/17 year olds.
When
studying any Shakespeare play we must be aware of the different ways in
which the characters and language of the play can be interpreted.
King
Lear. An Introduction
A
Brief Introduction to Greek
Tragedy
Just
some brief definitions of the tragic hero, hamartia, hubris and
catharsis.
A
Brief Biography of
the Brontes
This
piece contains a brief biography of the Brontes and an explanation of
the
time and
narrative
structure of the novel. It is designed for first time readers.
An
approach to teaching Robert Cormier's After
the First Death
I use this approach
with
my 16 -17 year olds
Writing a
Murder
Mystery
The students enjoy
the challenge
of writing at length, even those boys who always say, "this is too
difficult"
Responding
to Poetry
It is possible to
say
something meaningful about a poem even if you do not fully understand
it
or your response to it.
An
Introduction to Lord
of the Flies
Creative
Writing
Curriculum Grade 9
Language
Functions
Examining
how people use language, both written and spoken, to present themselves
and their ideas. In essence, to understand how speakers and writers use
language to position their audience to accept a particular point of
view.
Theme: Violence on television.
Analysing
and Interpreting Text
If
we are to understand how writers develop texts and we are to improve
the
quality of our own writing, it is important to look closely at the
techniques
used by good writers.
Planning
and Structuring the Argumentative/Analytical Essay
There are often
two parts
to an essay topic: a quotation or statement and a rubric or question.
Once
these are understood, follow with developing a focus, brainstorming,
critical
examination, sorting and organising, then writing an introduction.
Theme:
School dress codes and codes of conduct.
Montana
1948
Novel study.
Examination
of the purpose and use of prologues, or epigraph, sense of time and
place,
perceptions and epilogue.
Personal
Writing
As
soon as we reflect upon any experience, we fictionalise it; we bring to
it a wide range of interpretations. Often, these interpretations will
reflect
our psychological or emotional state at both the time of the experience
and, perhaps more importantly, at the time of the reflection. Theme:
funerals
and the effect both death and the ritual celebration of death have on
the
writer.
Love
Love (the need to
feel
loved; the search for love; the desolation felt when a love affair
breaks
down; the loneliness of those without love etc.) is probably the main
focus
of popular culture. It is one of the most difficult subjects to write
about.
Schooldays
Factional writing
is
when you take something that actually happened and you fictionalise it
so that you can explore the incident in more objective detail and
perhaps
from more than one point of view. Themes: Bullying, peer pressure,
cause
and effect.
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