EMC KS3 English
5 total works
Hannah and Hanna by John Retallack Set in Margate, John Retallack's acclaimed and fast moving play uses song and dance to tell the story of 16-year-old Hannah from Margate and Hanna, a refugee from Kosovo. Suitable for Year 9+. A video of the full Arcola Theatre production plus interviews with the writer/director, John Retallack and the actors from the original stage performance, Alyson Coote and Celia Meiras, is also available. Helmet by Douglas Maxwell An innovative play using the rules of a computer game to explore the changing fortunes and relationships of Sal and Roddy (a.k.a Helmet). Will they win through or will it be game over? Suitable for Year 9+. A video of the full performance of the Traverse Theatre/Paines Plough production and an interview with the writer, Douglas Maxwell, is also available. Mama Yankee's Life Machine by Ed Hime Mama Yankee is all powerful, keeping her subjects in thrall to her delicious meat pies. But her rule is under threat from the Overland Vegetarian Resistance. Who will win the hearts and minds - and stomachs - of Hackett, Cleaver and co? (No video of this play.)
Hey There Boy With the BeBop - by Abi Bown Chantaye has a dilemma: should she go along with her street and reject terminally ill Leo or stand out from the crowd and accept his friendship? A lyrical play which is both funny and moving. (No video of this play.)
Hey There Boy With the BeBop - by Abi Bown Chantaye has a dilemma: should she go along with her street and reject terminally ill Leo or stand out from the crowd and accept his friendship? A lyrical play which is both funny and moving. (No video of this play.)
128 pages in two colours, with 20 pages in full colour, providing opportunities to teach to the Framework using fresh, challenging media texts and activities. * Mainstream, popular and alternative texts across a range of media, to move, inspire and provoke. * Case studies exploring popular culture (Big Brother, The Simpsons and Teletubbies). * Media debates (on the phenomenon of celebrity and the targeting of young people by the advertising industry). * Close study of four short films which raise issues of representation, ethnicity, identity and disability. A fully integrated video (on VHS or DVD) is also available to accompany The Media Book.
Teaching about language through poetry - developing grammatical and other language knowledge as a way of enriching pupils' understanding of texts. Includes units on: * John Hegley, John Agard and Sophie Hannah * Sonnets * A poetry trail * Performance poems * Song lyrics * Comparative analysis * Poems on a theme
Competence * Activities on each text, including imaginative approaches to reading, writing and speaking and listening. Creativity * Comparative tasks ranging across two or more texts to help students make connections. * Challenging activities demanding creative thinking skills and problem solving with opportunities for using the imagination in writing and speaking and listening activities. Cultural Understanding * Texts from and about different cultures with contextual background and activities to encourage pupils to explore the ways ideas, experiences and values are portrayed. Critical Understanding * Activities to engage students with the texts and thought-provoking ideas. Contents includes texts...: ...from different genres to engage boys (and girls) including Josh reflecting on his life choices in 'Just Like Your Father' by Jacqueline Wilson and Gary Rolfe telling his near-death experience in 'I Fell Through Arctic Ice'...to engage girls (and boys) such as the narrator of 'Note to Sixth Grade Self' battling the school bullies for the affections of Eric Cassio or National Curriculum recommended writer Nadine Gordimer telling the story of a refugee girl fleeing Mozambique in 'The Ultimate Safari'.
..to provoke interesting discussions, for example Xinran reflecting on inequalities in modern China in 'One Woman's Cup of Tea' and a soldier in Iraq, writing about a poignant personal experience in 'I Can't Forget the Girl in the Orange Dress'...for the full ability range from a Newsround story to one from the Daily Telegraph on the student-friendly issue of 'Playing Out', for example...from different genres such as a speech by Lord Coe, writer's tips for how to write a story, instructions from The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook, or an extract from Bill Bryson's hilarious autobiography The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.
..to provoke interesting discussions, for example Xinran reflecting on inequalities in modern China in 'One Woman's Cup of Tea' and a soldier in Iraq, writing about a poignant personal experience in 'I Can't Forget the Girl in the Orange Dress'...for the full ability range from a Newsround story to one from the Daily Telegraph on the student-friendly issue of 'Playing Out', for example...from different genres such as a speech by Lord Coe, writer's tips for how to write a story, instructions from The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook, or an extract from Bill Bryson's hilarious autobiography The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.
Engaging and challenging activities on a diverse range of stimulating, short stories and novels, each with a distinct focus to fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum and the Framework for Teaching English at Key Stage 3. Opportunities for speaking and listening, creative writing and drama activities, as well as for teaching about language and the craft of the writer. Includes the full text of all the featured short stories and substantial extracts from the novels. Units on Make Lemonade and Holes include the transcripts of original interviews with the authors, Virginia Euwer Wolff and Louis Sachar. Provides opportunities for speaking and listening, creative writing and drama activities, as well as for teaching about language and the craft of the writer. * Introducing narrative, including short stories by Annie Proulx and Kevin Crossley-Holland. * Fire, Bed and Bone - an historical novel. * MapHead - structure, characters and language. * Troy - same story, different tellings, including extracts from the novel by Adele Geras. * Holes - reading a novel. * True Stories - telling a personal story, with stories from True Tales of American Life, ed. Paul Auster.
* Oliver Twist - a nineteenth-century novel, plus wider reading on Coram Boy and Street Child. * Kit's Wilderness - the craft of the writer. * Finding yourself - reading stories on a theme by Stephen Amidon, Julie Myerson, Michael Anthony and Catherine R. Johnson. * Make Lemonade - reading an unconventional novel. * Causing a controversy - novels about difficult issues, including Junk and Stone Cold and wider reading suggestions. DVD * Interviews with David Almond, Lesley Howarth and Melvin Burgess. * 30 minutes-worth of extracts from the film of Oliver Twist (1948, d. David Lean). * 35 minutes of readings from Oliver Twist by the award-winning actor Alex Jennings. * Four additional clips from the film directed by Polanski in 2005.
* Oliver Twist - a nineteenth-century novel, plus wider reading on Coram Boy and Street Child. * Kit's Wilderness - the craft of the writer. * Finding yourself - reading stories on a theme by Stephen Amidon, Julie Myerson, Michael Anthony and Catherine R. Johnson. * Make Lemonade - reading an unconventional novel. * Causing a controversy - novels about difficult issues, including Junk and Stone Cold and wider reading suggestions. DVD * Interviews with David Almond, Lesley Howarth and Melvin Burgess. * 30 minutes-worth of extracts from the film of Oliver Twist (1948, d. David Lean). * 35 minutes of readings from Oliver Twist by the award-winning actor Alex Jennings. * Four additional clips from the film directed by Polanski in 2005.