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Year 13B Session log: September
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Med 5: Independent Research
As a library re-orientation exercise, the class pored over shelves and books today to compile challenging quiz questions. The quiz will follow... |
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Med 4 Genre: Dracula
We watched the second half of Dracula today. |
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Read the extract from Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, and the background mythology on the character. |
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Med 4 Genre: Dracula
I was unsurprised to discover that everyone in the class had a shared view of who Dracula was, what he looked like, how he behaved and where he lived, despite few of them having ever seen a version of Dracula on screen. We noted the ubiquitousness of the character in popular culture, and the fact that time had de-fanged him.
We then watched the first half of Tod Browning's 1931 film, Dracula. |
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Independent Essay: Med 5
In an unexciting but necessary session, I reviewed the key elements of a successful Med 5 essay with the class and answered their questions, |
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Devise two or three alternative possible questions to address in a Med 5 essay.
DUE: Tuesday September 25 |
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Med 4: What is Genre?
We had some fun with narratives in genre: each pair of students used a broad story outline to pitch their own film proposal based on a genre I specified. This made it clear that a) students could apply and interpret the repertoire of elements with confidence and b) stock narrative scenarios can be applied to almost any genre!
It was disappointing to discover that 4 of the 11 students present had not read the homework or annotated it. They were duly admonished. |
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What is Genre?
After congratulating the class on some excellent AS results, we reintroduced ourselves to the concept of Genre today, refreshing our memories about the Repertoire of Elements and exploring other criteria we can use to categorise films. We considered, for example, Andrew Collins' classification of Films to suit your Mood, and students added their own suggestions to his list. |
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Read and annotate the introductory reading entitled What is Genre?, then write a bullet-point summary of the key points.
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