The Learning Activity Itself...

The following would appear on my blog – which all Year 10 students’ blogs would be linked to – and would form the basis of their learning activity.

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Greetings Year 10!

Let me be the first to congratulate you on designing your blogs! They look wonderful and I’m sure you’re going to fill them over the coming year (and possibly beyond!) with all the work, wishes and additional content that you desire.

Let me reinforce that these blogs are an online (and therefore publicly accessible) resource and we must all conduct ourselves with maturity and a degree of respect for everyone in our community. Foul language, inconsiderate remarks and offensive behaviour won’t be tolerated and will result in your blog being shut down and your term’s work will be done by hand in an exercise book.

Learning Activity #1

Firstly, I want you to access a video I have created for this unit. This is on Youtube and can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6xGfPI_Lno

Watch that now and post the answers to the three questions at the end to your blog. These three answers will form the basis of your first post.

You will receive feedback from me – as a ‘comment’ underneath your post - upon completion. This will be where we shall do the bulk of our work this year.

Please also ensure that you email me the URL of your blog. I will post a blog on my site with everyone’s URLs and you will then access each other’s sites, become a ‘Follower’ of their site and organise to be notified via your blog and/or email when someone has posted an activity.

You may also link your blog to your Facebook page but be aware, all those with access to the URL can access and comment on your blog. It is up to you who you give this access to.

Learning Activity #2

I know you have all seen the 1990 version of Lord of the Flies, directed by Harry Hook.

I want you to create an iMovie of your favourite snippets from the film – which can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk-8uGN3aEg.

You only need 3 but you can cut and crop as many as you would like.

Then, after each snippet, I want you to record your thoughts on the boys’ behaviour in that particular section of film in a series of Facetime addresses, just like what I have done.

In each address, I want you to speak about either what is admirable or deplorable about their behaviour. You may want to answer some of the following questions:

1. How would you have reacted in such a situation?
2. If you could give any of the characters advice immediately following your chosen scene, what would it be?
3. Does Australian society – the people in your lives who are close to you – act like these boys?
4. Are we a kind society?

While a good deal of our work this term will be done in groups, I want you to do this task on your own.

Good luck!