Hello Y10

Firstly, I want to say how well you're working at the moment. I feel that you've had a very successful turnaround and I very much enjoy teaching you. You are working together well and are clearly committed to doing well in English. Well done. I will bring you a little treat tomorrow as a small reward!

In this week's lessons we have looked at the presentation of both Frankenstein and the monster.

We annotated Extract from Chapter 10 and Extract from Chapter 11 (though there is much more to say about 10). This gives the reader an alternative perspective: the monster's. Here he is presented as benevolent and neglected.

If you weren't in the lesson, you must annotate the Chapter 10 extract. Use this annotation success criteria to guide you. Then write an agony aunt letter from the monster trying to embed quotes from the text. Here is an example and success criteria for this.

Remember to get your planners signed, if you're not 15, so you can watch Macbeth soon.

See you soon

Ms Caldwell

In today's lesson we story boarded the synopsis of the novel Frankenstein. If you missed the lesson you need to do this. Here is a useful synopsis or here. Please storyboard the main points in your book before next lesson.

Ms

Hello Y10

Those of you who didn't get 10/10 in the spelling test learn the words you don't know. Every now and then, I'll slip in an old spelling to ensure you have a secure understanding. I hope I don't see those words spelt incorrectly again.

We've got lots of learning to do so I hope the stats increase on this blog. It is here to support and extend your learning. Using it will improve your understanding and grade.

Your homework is to create a super-document about the historical context. Here is the guidance for the super-document, which is due in on Tuesday; a reminder that this document should be information on the eight aspects of the presentations (these can be found in the previous post).

Good luck with the rest of the presentations.

Any problems or concerns then please leave a comment.

See you next week.

Ms

Hello Y10

Today we started one of the texts for our next Controlled Assessment: Frankenstein. The other text will be Macbeth.

As one of the Assessment Objectives is about the historical context, we are starting with presentations on the historical context in which the novel was written (1818).

Each group will include information on:

• Mary Shelley
• Romanticism
• Mary Wolstonecraft
• The Gothic genre
• The status of women
• Science
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• Paradise Lost

You should have a detailed understanding of each of these aspects and, even though you're working as a group, you need to have individual notes.

This learning will ensure you have a good understanding and can debate the issues as they come up in the text.

As I said in today's lesson, we are going to start having a spelling test once a week to help secure common spellings. This week's words (for Monday's lesson) are:

• That's
• they're
• their
• your
• you're
• it's
• its
• apparent
• conscious
• environment

Lots of good work today! I'm looking forward to the presentations.

Ms Caldwell

P.S. Remember, if you miss a lesson, you need to use this blog to keep up with what's happening in lesson time. Here then, you'll benefit from researching some of the above topics from home