GATSBY PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE....

HARRY B?
JAMES L?
JAMES B?

YEAR 13 Friday 26th February 2016

Today's session was a series of one on one tutorials that offered feedback to the first drafts of the coursework. Some of the work is excellent and some of the work needs some serious improvement. ALL students need to make sure that conclusions are considering the purpose of literature, the purpose of metaphor, and why your text remains a relevant and creative work of literature. I went to feel some passion blasting from the concluding comments.

HOMEWORK: Attempt to improve drafts. Send me any paragraphs or improvements that you would like me to mark. Below are some relevant resources for specific students.
Simon Armitage..'POETRY IS A FORM OF DISSENT':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvFcbedyQ0A

YEAR 13 Wed 24th Feb 2016

Today's session considered the significance of the OLD MAN in the penultimate scene of the play. THIS IS A HUGE MOMENT as Marlowe introduces the OLD MAN as a symbol of the power of faith. Class discussion also considered the purpose of the 'Horse-Courser' scene and the HILARIOUS leg pulling slapstick moment. O how we laughed!!

HOMEWORK: Keep reading the play. On Friday we have a series of one to one tutorials that will provide feedback to the first drafts of the coursework. The first drafts look really promising. See you Friday.

YEAR 12 Monday 22nd February 2016

APOLOGIES for the lack of BLOGGAGE over the past couple of months but I have been recovering from a chronic drug problem and some quite alarming haircuts. Or my workload became quite hectic...YOU DECIDE.
So...here we are again. Over the last half-term we have moved through the issues being explored by Fitzgerald in THE GREAT GATSBY and today's session considered the significance of the penultimate chapter. Students were asked to consider the significance of.. 'Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor'...and Carraway's last comment to Gatsby that
'They're a rotten crowd..You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.'
Chapter 8 is also MASSIVELY significant for the 'GOD SEES EVERYTHING' moment and the murder of Gatsby. Students really need to be aware of the significance of this chapter. Discussion also considered why Carraway seems to be a stronger character in the final chapter of the novel. Isaac's comments continue to be perceptive and inspirational! Good work young man!
The final section of the lesson involved students constructing a HAIKU that captures some feature of the novel. Some of the work is ace. I'll share in the next lesson.

HOMEWORK: Students need to read the final chapter and also capture a photograph  from Beverley that relates in some way to an aspect of the novel. The photograph needs to be emailed to me before Monday so I can post the images to the blog. I WANT A PHOTOGRAPH THAT YOU HAVE COMPOSED. I DO NOY WANT A GOOGLE IMAGE. TOTAL CREATIVITY is required.
Students should also be dipping in to the mass of resources that can be found on this blog that relate to the novel. Here is the link to Father Barron's comments that link to the TJ Eckleberg symbol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLSVx84uPrY

Below are the resources used in today's session:
He looked...as if he had killed a man...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgBYfCVFedU
Gatsby's death:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfNE-pTRTH8