allan Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 Hello all, In direct competition to Susan's thread on another text option for this module, I'd like to ask for and share any resources for teaching Harry Potter and Tom Brown's Schooldays. I've found some notes from the excellent litnotes.co.uk site. Haven't read Tom Brown yet. There should be loads to write on 'values and attitudes' I expect/hope. Yours, Allan Clare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Raynah Thomas Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 A slight side-step, but have you seen the new Year 7-10 transition unit published by Dfes? (“Transition and Progression in non-fiction writing: Years 7 to 10”. ) It's doc ref Dfes 0053-2004, was issued Feb '04. There's a great article on Harry Potter in there, it's in the Year 9-10 lessons, and looks at whether the books are worthy winners of literary prizes, and how the series fits into the school lit genre. Check it out: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3..._prog005304.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McMillan Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 And I remind you of Kipling's protest that his poems were being set *as a punishment* for schoolboys! And of the protests of childrens' authors against SATS which can be found on http://satsmustgo.tripod.com Elsewhere I have pointed out how JK Rowling's demenors resemble OFSTED inspectors Have a nice day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McMillan Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 For those who did not follow the link, the authors' protest (including the list of names) follows: Authors against the SATs Statement We are children’s authors and illustrators concerned by the growing domination of the schools curriculum by the SAT tests. We believe that there is a danger that Year 2, Year 6 and Year 9 (seven year olds, eleven year olds and fourteen year olds respectively) are becoming years spent preparing for the tests. We think that children’s understanding, empathy, imagination and creativity are developed best by reading whole books, not by doing comprehension exercises on short excerpts and not from ticking boxes or giving one word answers. It is our view that reading for pleasure is being squeezed by the relentless pressure of testing and we are particularly concerned that the SATs and the preparation for them are creating an atmosphere of anxiety around the reading of literature. Resources now being channelled into testing could and should be redirected towards libraries, the training of librarians and book provision. As authors and illustrators, we are unable to exert any direct pressure on the education system so we would like to show our concern with the situation by supporting calls by some teachers’ unions and by the National Association for the Teaching of English for the abolition or phasing out of the SATs. Supported by : Beverley Naidoo, Jamila Gavin, Brian Keaney, Lisa Kopper, Carol Ann Duffy, David Almond, Alan Gibbons, Robert and Brenda Swindells, Linda Newbery, Philip Pullman, Michael Morpurgo, John Shelley, Elizabeth, Lindsay, Penny Dolan, Jane Ray, David Belbin, Michael Rosen, Malcolm Rose, Theresa Tomlinson, Ann Jungman, Geraldine McCaughrean, Caroline Pitcher, Ros Asquith, Lionel Bender, Rowena Edlin-White, Paul Dowswell, Stephanie Baudet, Ian Whybrow, Lionel Bender, Sheridan Cain, Tim Bowler, Alison Leonard, Abi Brown, Malachy Doyle, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Nicola Morgan, Jonathan Emmett, David Bedford, Steve Weatherill, Neil Arksey, Denis Bond, Melvin Burgess, Georgia Byng, Bernard Ashley, Anna Perera, Ted Dewan, Diana Hendry, Gwen Grant, Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore, Enid Richemont, Bob Graham, Tony Bradman, Tony Mitton, Debi Gliori, Rachel Anderson, Morris Gleizman, Jeremy Strong, Julie Bertagna, Alison Prince, Judith Nicholls, Pauline Chandler, Wendy Smith, Martyn Beardsley, Paul Geraghty, Andrea Shavick, Gill Vickery, Mary Hoffman, Val Bierman, Keith Gray, Graham Gardner, Chris Powling, Vivien French, John Cunliffe, Linda Kempton, Lindsay Fraser, Peter Buckman, Shoo Rayner, Elizabeth Laird, Josephine Feeney, Chris Riddell, Ivan Jones, Sally Gardner, Brian Lux, Waltraud Boxall, Thomas Bloor Pat Thompson, Beth Webb Diana Pullein-Thompson And Rosie Rushton. Contact : Alan Gibbons aagibbons@blueyonder.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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