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Summary for Lesson 9
In today’s class we finished our work on Clockwork, thinking about persuasion and Faustian pacts. We began by thinking about which characters were interesting in the story before learning about the story of Dr Faustus and how it links to the book (selling your soul). We discussed which character does this in the story and the class then wrote some amazing persuasive speeches to Karl from the novel persuading him either to make the pact or not and using some persuasive language too. They then wrote a poem from Karl’s perspective and thought about whether he would regret it and why. Lovely work today everyone- you were all super creative throughout and thought beautifully about how Karl’s emotions may change throughout the story. Keep up the amazing work and see you next week 🙂
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Summary for Lesson 8
In today’s lesson we continued our study of Clockwork by Philip Pullman. The powerpoint with all the resources is attached below, which should be used to help the students with their homework. The powerpoint contains all our work on the genre of the story, thinking about the genre of mystery in-depth, our work thinking about the name of this story and what it reveals & the idea of bad behaviour being punished in the novel. Everyone worked wonderfully today, really amazing thoughts on the genre and style of this book guys, particularly when you discussed it in your pairs! Keep up the great ideas and see you next week 🙂
Here is the mystery genre video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAH50q0zrX4
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Lovely ideas here July- very well done! I really like your idea about the destructive nature of fear and how this novel tries to teach us to face the world with courage. The point about gaining strength through these experiences is a fantastic one and I loved the idea that with new experiences, even if they are challenging, comes greater knowledge and a deeper understanding of the world around us. To make this even better, could you link this to a moment in the book that proves your point? Which character has to be brave in this story? Overall wonderful points here, well done 🙂
Spelling:
*this story wants us to know not to be scared
*you can be stronger
*the moral of the story
*things that you haven’t seen before
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Fantastic work July, well done! I love how you have presented this as a fact file, showing us all the most important elements of your character and describing him as a terrifying villain! Your ideas about his appearance make him stand out a lot and I love the idea about his hobbies all being violent and reflecting how evil he is. You’ve connected this back to the genre of the story beautifully, showing us what role he would play in a dark fairy tale, and I thought your idea about how he studies war is a great one, showing us the ways in which he has learned to be evil over time. Your description is very vivid and I really enjoyed how you showed us lots of aspects of his personality. To make this even better, could you tell us a little bit about his backstory and how he became so evil, or give us a sense of the world he lives in, i.e., is it a fantasy world, can the characters use magic, etc? I’ll also attach any spelling and grammar corrections to this. Overall wonderful work, well done 🙂
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