Notes and resources from Miss Fyvie

Hi Highers,

Here you can find some revision materials Miss Fyvie has prepared. For those in my class--remember that Miss Fyvie's class did Macbeth and Saving Private Ryan. You will likely find this material helpful.

Thanks, Miss Fyvie!

Remember to REVISE over the holiday. Although you do not have formal homework, you know what you need to do. Right?

See you on the 15th...

Mr Green

3.3 Limericks

Here's the fun video from today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-rN3DGMCsE

Don't forget to upload your own limericks either here or on the class page!

Macbeth podcast

PODCAST

Listen to the podcast above, then consider the essay question below. 

Make a plan, including line of thought and quotations. 

This will be a timed essay task on Friday.

Choose from a play a scene in which manipulation, temptation or humiliation is an important feature.

Explain what happens in the scene and go on to show how the outcome of the manipulation, temptation or humiliation adds to your appreciation of the play as a whole. – 2011 CE Paper

Higher: Lord of the Flies extra material

We've talked in class about "man's inherent evil," a major theme of Lord of the Flies. You may have been slightly shocked today in class when we were thinking of the chapter 'Painted Faces and Long Hair', when I said that the boys had actually done quite well to last so long. You may have wondered why...

Remember the references I made to the Stanford Experiment? No? For info, check here and a recent BBC piece here. When I was looking into studies relating to Lord of the Flies, I refreshed my memory, and was surprised to find that I'd forgotten that the experiment was terminated after just six days. Six days. So if the boys' hair had grown 'long' (probably not so much as we would consider long these days, but still!), then they'd made it at least a month... or possibly much more.

This weekend, I watched two films you might be interested in, as one deals with the experiment itself, and the other addresses what might be considered Jack's style of leadership.  The first was a dramatisation of the Stanford Experiment, and the second takes place in a secondary school in Germany. Both, interestingly, deal with very short periods of time.

Both of these films involve some violence which some of you may find distressing (as an aside, it is interesting to note that in Imdb, The Experiment is rated R, but in Netflix it is 15).

The Experiment (2010)

In this gripping thriller, a group of men volunteers to take on the roles of guards and inmates at a mock prison as part of a controversial psychological study. But when the guards abuse their power in alarming ways, the prisoners stage a revolt. (from Netflix)


The Wave (2008) 
Die Welle (original title)


A high school teacher's unusual experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.

"High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more invested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves? Written by napierslogs"

If you do check these out, let me know what you think!

3.8 Crime and Punishment!

Hi everyone,

Task 1: But it wasn’t me!

In Kes, Billy is accused of doing something he didn’t actually do. So is the messenger. Both are punished. Think about a time you were accused of doing something you didn’t do.

First, do a mind map to help your thinking and planning

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Write a paragraph (or two!) about the incident. Remember to include:

-         What you were accused of

-         What happened

-         How you felt

DUE THURSDAY!

Mindmapping LotF

Click here for the mindmap on Character and Conflict

3.3 Haiku work

For those of you who found it beneficial, here is the video we had on in the background as you were considering the thoughts and images you gathered outside:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfJHmDhLVRc

We used the first six minutes.

Happy haiku-ing!

Supported Study Survey

Survey for supported study:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MXFDFRY

Cast your votes! If we were able to offer Supported Study, what would you like to do?

Higher folks:

Recent Prose questions are on your page. Just hit the 'Higher' tab above.

Past questions (2007-10) are below:

Begin assembling a 'quote bank', revising all texts (Macbeth, Saving Private Ryan, Lord of the Flies, All That Glisters, all poetry).

Higher prose fiction questions 2007 to 2010

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Higher drama questions 2007 to 2010

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Higher poetry questions

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Higher Homework

Complete any outstanding essays (your short story and/or discursive essay) for Monday. No excuses! Not even if you're hanging about with semi-famous bands!