Skellig - David Almond

What are the images? 

Birds or Objects to do with wings and flying because they came  up with the story. For example Skellig was known to have wings.

What genre does this text belong to?

The genre of the text is fiction because Skellig is not true due to thee  imaginary  sights (Skellig having wings or just Skellig in general) 

In whose interest is this text?

Teens or children above the age of 8 because they could find it more enjoyable when kids younger could find it a little scary and because the main character is in his teens.

What have I been learning?  

In English I have been learning how to link paragraphs properly 

How have I been learning?

We writing a  essay using the S.E.X.Y paragraph structure  

S: Not only can we admire lady Macbeth for her determination, but also for her unconditional love for her husband.

(E) This is demonstrated by the fact that she not only helped plan a murder for him, Macbeth, but she also helped  carry out thee plan and cover it up

(X) This shows us that in life, even treacherous people, capable of murder, can love their partners dearly

(Y) Similarly Hitler murdered millions of people and had a partner called Eva Braun.

Why  have I been learning it?

To prepare us for future essays     

What have I been learning? 

We are also learning  how to add more better descriptive.

How have I been learning?

We have  been learning descriptive words by having a class discussion 

Here is a piece of writing to show evidence of descriptive 

*Not only can we admire lady Macbeth for her determination, but also for her unconditional love for her husband.

Why have I been learning it?

So I can make my writing more interesting 

What have I been learning?

We have been learning about apostrophes and em-dash.

How have I been learning it?

Why have I been learning it?

gather organise ideas  

better descriptive words 

Macbeth

Valiant soldier or violent schemer at the beginning? Macbeth was a valiant soldier

Why is he obsessed with killing Banquo? (oh yeah, and Fleance too) He feared that Banquo suspected that Macbeth was the murderer of king Duncan so he had to get rid of Banquo to release the fear.

Has he completely lost it in the Banquet scene? (do you think the Ghost is real or imaginary?) Yes because he hallucinated Banquo in is vision after receiving the news that he was dead.

Visits the Witches for a second time. Why? How does he react? Because he needed to know if he was going to be killed and by who in the end fight, his reaction during the visit was fearless knowing the information that he gathered from the witches he thought he did not need to fear about.

How does he justify his decision to proceed down the path of evil? He continued down the path of evil because he already had the guilt from his first killing.

Critical Literacy Matrix Questions

Outsiders novel:

How else could the text have been written?

From Johnny's point of view or Darry and could add extra characters such as Johnny's parents could be more involved in the text and mentioned a little more.

Who is missing from the text?

Johnny's parents or Ponyboy's parents before they died. if could be a little more interesting adding those characters.

What has been left out of the text?

They didn't mention why Johnny's parents acted way they did towards Johnny and the text didn't mention what dally was holding in or feeling after Johnny died.

Art

Sonia Terk Delaunay

In this art lesson we are finding out who Sonja Terk Delauney and what style of work she was famous for.

2 facts:

She is a French-Ukrainian artist (Ukranian born french) 

She was sent off to live with her mothers well-off brother in Russia but her mother wasn't going to allow a legal adoption.

2 art works of hers 

Abstract swirl 1970



Rythme colore 1952

What is orphism? 
Orphism is a trend of abstract art by Robert Delaunay that was obtained from cubism and gave importance to light and colour.The movement's name was coined in 1912 by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire.

This was my attempt on trying to draw one of Sonja Terk Delauneys Artwork pieces 

These are my quick abstract thumbnail sketches I done inspired by Sonja's art and style 

28/3/19

These are the 2 of my favourite thumbnail sketches that i have drawn neater and figuring out where my leading lines are and where they're going 

4/4/19 

All my practice thumbnail sketches i tried when figuring out which ones right 

5/4/19 

These are my lino pieces drawn on and ready to be cut out. This is also the pattern i will be using 

31/5/19

Does your design reflect your thumbnail sketches so far?
No not really we had to sketch extra designs as we lost our original thumbnail sketches/

Does your design reflect the feeling of your topic?
Sorta

Do you know where your leading lines are?
Still working on it 

Do you know what your focal point is?
No

art

In art we have been working on Michael Mew inspired media art. 

I think to improve my work next time I could figure my layout first and choose more of a style.

My focal point is the yellow flowers because they pop out  more than with all the dull colours around.

My leading lines are the yellow pant and the line from the very top near the mouth to down where the line stops at the bottom.

Macbeth

What am I learning? 

I am learning to summarise and find 

How am I learning it?

What questions do I have? 

King James 1 

• Became King of England, Scotland, and Ireland 
• Was interested in Witchcraft and took part in the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland 
• Was known for his lack of manners and his disgusting behavior 
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The Gunpowder Plot

• A group of Catholic conspirators plotted to assassinate King James I of England (and VI of Scotland) in 1605
• kegs underneath filled with gunpowder to blow up King James I 
• the traitors (Catholic conspirators) were sentenced to torture as punishment 

Witchcraft in Shakespeare Time and The North Berwick witch trials 

• King James, I wrote a book called "Daemonologie" in which he supported and encouraged the trials of witches.
• there was a period of witch-hunting where people were tried and often executed for being witches. all throughout Europe and America and lasted for more than 150 years
• if people were behaving strangely or were around when bad things happened they would be accused of being a witch 
• The North Berwick witch trials took place in 1590 in Scotland, when a number of people from East Lothian were accused of witchcraft. They ran for two years and implicated seventy people. This was the first major witchcraft persecution in Scotland.