Showing posts with label Various interpretations of the text. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Various interpretations of the text. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Frankenstein - "10 Possible Meanings" or interpretations followed by "New Readers Interpretations" for AO3


This 10 point article is excellent for AO3 or for applying different interpretations as you are reading the text.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12711091

Why not follow up with "Readers New Meanings For Frankenstein" - again, just what you need for help with modern interpretations of the text for AO3!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12737956

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Gaps and Silences - an example of a popular method of interpreting texts

This critical method of examining texts for gaps and silences, created by Pierre Macherey and and Paulo Freire from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s, could be applied to any text. Therefore you could try using this approach on your  texts and thereby meet that crucial assessment objective, AO3. It is, perhaps, no accident that the video's creator, Ben Johnston, is from either Australia or New Zealand as this approach to analysing texts is heavily embedded in the curriculum in the antipodes!

Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Othello YouTube videos on interpreting Desdamona and Iago

With thanks to englishteacherguy who produced these videos with the older syllabuses' assessment objectives in mind. Still, this work sits well with the new ones.
Various interpretations of Desdemona


Iago's motives and critics


Othello - Critical Perspectives


"Othello" - an introduction to the historical context


Need even more help with "Othello"? Try this video and links from it for other videos for various aspects of this play. Apparently these videos are helping students achieve As!

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