A2 link to a child reading Hairy Maclary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7xlK4yfmeo

AS: coursework lesson on Friday

There were quite a few people missing today (Tuesday) so you need to try and pick up your commentaries and one of the 'Feedback code' sheets from my desk in C102.

On Friday, we will be swapping your coursework pieces - try and imagine you are one of the target readers and give the writer feedback accordingly.

We will go through the criteria at the start of the lesson.

Padlet wall - AS please read

I have created a Padlet wall and I want to see how it works. Please visit the link below and add a quote and comment - your choice of quote entirely but there is no way to place a trigger warning, so be sensitive. Add your name to your comment so I can see who has posted - Beths please add a last name initial too!

http://padlet.com/wall/auq906a48o

AS/A2 work in Halla's absence

So you knew I was going to be out Monday. The work I set is below (as far as I can remember it without my notes, so if you spot something I've missed, please comment). I am also now out tomorrow/Friday, so the work will be on the door and you will need to sign to say you have read it and will do it. AS are collecting short texts in a variety of genres, including transcribing fiction or non-fiction. A2 are writing an overview, a detailed plan and at least one PEE paragraph on the Castle transcript.

Also, AS need to get their commentaries back urgently - they are marked and will be handed out in the 2.30 lesson but otherwise please collect first thing Mon from the English office or I will leave them on my desk if necessary.

Monday's work:
AS: vlog reccommendations, coursework and/or text message investigations
A2: coursework and gender theory revision

Interesting words from other languages

http://blog.maptia.com/posts/untranslatable-words-from-other-cultures

The mask we live in gender clip

I can't find a link for this on my iPad but if you search on YouTube for The mask you live in, it's the trailer for The Representation Project. The phrases we use and their implicature shape behaviour and can create damaging cultural expectations of our children. 'Man up', 'that's not very ladylike', 'that's ballsy' etc. how many more can we collect that have those gender stereotypes behind them. Please comment on this post and say, if you can, the context you heard or read it in (obviously name no names).

Gender and Technology article - a useful roundup of last year's trends of female language use

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/12/31/creaky_voice_uptalk_gendered_texting_do_women_communicate_differently_than.html