Thursday, March 8, 2012

PREPARING FOR THE SAC

ENCOUNTERING CONFLICT FILES

Researching the Context and developing knowledge and ideas that you might use in your writing responses is crucial towards preparing for success in your Creating and Presenting SACs and the exam. Use the class handout to help begin your brainstorming and expansion of your conflict knowledge by researching texts, images, music and film.

TASK:
To create Conflict Files develop four possibilities for writing pieces from your research:
  • Choose four prompts
  • Choose a text, image, song and film
  • Write about the links you can identify between your choices and the prompts
  • Write about the links you can identify between your choices and the set text
  • Write about the links you can identify between your choices and the Context
  • Come up with an idea for a writing piece and explain it in terms of FLAP+C
  • Present three quotes that you believe could work to enhance the writing piece
PRESENTATION:
Publish your Conflict Files in the appropriate section of our Encountering Conflict Blog.


Thursday, February 16, 2012

Child witches in Africa

        


View the documentary and picture gallery at http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/video/2007/dec/09/video and http://www.guardian.co.uk/observer/gallery/2007/dec/09/witches?picture=331488389. The tyranny of the Salem Witch Trials is as relevant today as it was in the 17th Century. Leave comments about what have you viewed. What does it make you think and feel? How does it expand your ideas about what it is to encounter conflict? As you study conflict and encounter stories such as these, does it have an impact on you? What does it make you think about the world?

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Encountering Conflict 2012

THE CRUCIBLE AND THE RUGMAKER OF MAZAR-E-SHARIF

 

Reading and knowing your set texts well is vitally important to doing the best you can in SACs and the exam.