Abshir‘s stanza! The river glistened in the moonlight, diamonds off a chain, Hell opened it’s gate way and the Highway man summoned death again, The gallop of his horse, the twinkle of his pistol a scream of death lingered there, Death is upon us, death is here, Death is upon us, its coming near, The [...]
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Tags: Abshir, Aiden, literacy, narrative, poetry
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The Highway man comes, now in his ghostly shell, The Highway man goes riding, into the darkness of hell, The Highway man comes riding through the narrow trees, The shadow of a wolf, The cold misty breeze, I’m coming back my darling, I need to catch some food, So the Highway man went riding-riding-riding, to catch the juicy, marvellous [...]
Categories: Literacy
| Tags: Cheyenne, Highwayman, leyla, narrative, poetry
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Categories: Literacy
| Tags: Fleetwood Mac, Highwayman, narrative, Noyes, poetry
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Watch this video made by Phil Traill – the director of Dangle. You can see the film first, then he talks about how he made the film, and what HE thought the story was when he wrote it. How does it compare to your version? Write a comment to explain how your version of the [...]
Categories: Literacy
| Tags: Dangle, dialogue, film, literacy, narrative
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Click here for a large version of the Voicethread.
Categories: Literacy
| Tags: Black Hole, comedy, film, literacy, narrative, story, Voicethread
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“It’s TOO late Jason! plus it’s a Wednesday and there’s 1 minute to 11 ” Jennifer shouted,she WAS Jason’s friend, but he got HER angry! Jason is a 16 years old school boy who’s parent’s had died, he is so lonely, and just HAD a friend, to tell the truth, he isn’t so poor. He does have [...]
Categories: Literacy
| Tags: Dangle, dialogue, leyla, literacy, narrative, story
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Have you ever pleaded for riches, money, power (and more money) to shower down into your seriously unfortunate life? Had a moment where you can say “Oh please, please give me some money I have nothing!”. When would you really like to feel like a right Prince or Princess Charming (only a bit less snobby)? Have you [...]
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| Tags: Dangle, dialogue, literacy, narrative, Sharon, story
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Who are the characters? What goes wrong? How is it resolved? This film has no dialogue, but how could you include some in your version of the story? In a short story, EVERY sentence counts – each one should be carefully chosen to create an effect. How do you want the reader to feel and [...]
Categories: ICT, Literacy
| Tags: BFI, Dangle, dialogue, film, literacy, narrative, story
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In the world actually there was no world because the creator had not created it suddenly a glimmer of light appeared the creator had begun to make he made happiness and joy he had to make sure he didn’t make an opposite world he was putting to much force .He did it without making another [...]
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| Tags: Daniel, fiction, narrative, riddle, story
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The day has arrived… We are finally making our films of Theseus and the Minotaur. It’s very exciting… We are using Windows Movie Maker to put all the photos and audio we have created together. You should be able to see the finished films in the next few days… Keep checking the blog for updates.
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| Tags: editing, film, film-making, Microsoft, Microsoft Movie Maker, Movie Maker, Moviemaker, narrative, Theseus and the Minotaur
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