Homework Tasks for W/B 30th January

Hi all,

Your homework tasks for next week are as follows:

1) Read "Lamia" and annotate the key events in the story (by Tuesday please)
2) Complete you annotation of "The Eve of St Agnes" using the videos to help you (will post these below shortly

Enjoy!

The Eve of St Agnes

Today, you will be allocated 6-8 stanzas of the poem which you should annotate in the collaborative word document. In the story column, simply explain what is taking place at this point in the poem then, in "Narrative Interest" column, you should pick out any narrative devices which the poet has used and make colour coded notes on the following areas:

To access the collaborative document, click on the link below. I have done the first three stanzas for you as an example:

Collaborative Analysis Document

Your homework for next Friday will be to make a chroma-key video explaining what happens in your stanzas and how the narrative is constructed.

Your Re-creative Writing

Please post your re-creative writing as a comment on this post:

Homework for Thursday 24th

Write a comment on this post explaining/outlining the argument which you would like to make in your coursework essay. I am looking for a summary of your answer, rather than the question...

You might also like to pick a section of the play on which to base your answer (particularly if it is not based on a particular character)....

Essay due Friday 4th November

Your next essay title is:

"A woman is at the heart of every tragedy." Discuss with reference to "Death of a Salesman" and other tragedies.

Feel free to use the blog to ask me any questions which you might have. Have a lovely have term.

Some more journal ideas...

For those of you struggling to find things to write about in your journals, here are some more ideas for you:

• Keep a journal of any television you watch which demonstrates any of the conventions of tragedy. For each entry, explain which elements of tragedy are present.
• Re-write a traditional fairytale to include all of the traditional elements of a tragedy
• Find a newspaper article which sensationalises a tragic event and annotate to explain why it has done so
• Choose a selection of the “critical quotations” which we have used in class and write a paragraph on each explaining whether you agree or disagree with the sentiment expressed
• Decide which three of your favourite characters from film, television or books best fit the stereotype of a tragic hero and write a paragraph for each explaining why you think this

Tragedy and the Common Man

Choose one quotation from Miller’s ‘Tragedy and the Common Man’ that you think is particularly interesting and explain how it fits or challenges your view of tragedy, as well as relating it to Death of a Salesman.