Month: April 2013

  • Touching the Void – The Court Room Drama

    Touching the Void – The Court Room Drama

    As part of their preparation for the GCSE English Language Examination on Touching the Void, These students engaged in an improvised role-play set in a court of law. They explored in this context the premise that Simon Yates was being tried for manslaughter. To find out more about this class and their learning programmes, head…

  • Theme Study Presentation – Remi Ojumu

    Theme Study Presentation – Remi Ojumu

    Remi Ojumu presents the results of his longitudinal theme study on the topic of “Overcoming Adversity”. Find out more about this Theme Study programme by visiting his class’ site at http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/category/reading/theme-study/ or by visiting his own blog at the address remio7.student.edutronic.net/

  • Film Club: Mis en Scene – Same Situation, Different Location

    Film Club: Mis en Scene – Same Situation, Different Location

    These students are participating in a film-making programme established by the Cinémathèque Française in Paris called ‘Le Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse’ (Cinema, 100 years young). These excerpts are samples of the “Film Exercises” the students complete as part of their investigation into a particular aspect of film theory. The boys also watch a wide…

  • Film Club: Mis en Scene – Same Situation, Different Camera Angles

    Film Club: Mis en Scene – Same Situation, Different Camera Angles

    These students are participating in a film-making programme established by the Cinémathèque Française in Paris called ‘Le Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse’ (Cinema, 100 years young). These excerpts are samples of the “Film Exercises” the students complete as part of their investigation into a particular aspect of film theory. The boys also watch a wide…

  • Harlem Shake

    Harlem Shake

  • Investigative Journalism – Is Mr Waugh Evil?

    Investigative Journalism – Is Mr Waugh Evil?

    As part of their journalism project, students from Year 8 experimented with creating video packages of their investigation into events by questioning primary sources. More from the Journalism programme can be found here: http://waugh8.www.edutronic.net/category/journalism/

  • Mr Waugh’s Presentation to Teachmeet BETT

    Mr Waugh’s Presentation to Teachmeet BETT

    Presented to Teachmeet BETT on 31 January, 2013, to follow is a quick drive through some moments in the life of The Edutronic – with a focus on feedback. Teachmeets are a grass-roots phenomenon where teachers get together and share elements of good practice, ideas and theories in a fast-paced, informal format. Presenters volunteer to…

  • Mr Waugh’s Presentation to Teachmeet London

    Mr Waugh’s Presentation to Teachmeet London

    Presented to Teachmeet London on Tuesday 11 December, 2012, to follow is a quick drive through one moment in the life of The Edutronic – with a focus on feedback. Teachmeets are a grass-roots phenomenon where teachers get together and share elements of good practice, ideas and theories in a fast-paced, informal format. Presenters volunteer…

  • Year 11 Mime Improvisations

    Year 11 Mime Improvisations

  • Soren’s Visualisation of “Belfast Confetti” by Stevie Smith

    Soren’s Visualisation of “Belfast Confetti” by Stevie Smith

    This visualisation was created by Soren as part of his initial approach to the poem, “Belfast Confetti” by Stevie Smith The lesson materials surrounding this work can be found here: http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/interpret-in-images/    

  • Kamrul’s Interpretation of the poem “Hawk Roosting”

    Kamrul’s Interpretation of the poem “Hawk Roosting”

    This visualisation was created by Kamrul as part of his initial approach to the poem, “Hawk Roosting” The lesson materials surrounding this work can be found here: http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/interpret-in-images/

  • Alex’s Visualisation of “Come On, Come back” by Stevie Smith.

    Alex’s Visualisation of “Come On, Come back” by Stevie Smith.

    This visualisation was created by Alex as part of his initial approach to the poem, “Come On, Come back” by Stevie Smith. The lesson materials surrounding this work can be found here: http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/interpret-in-images/

  • Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet

    Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet

    The presentation that accompanies a lesson introducing the process of language analysis to a Year 9 English class. In this lesson the students are shown an example of metaphor – and then are given a different excerpt from the text and asked to detect and explain the metaphor they find in it. All the lesson…

  • Romeo and Juliet – Reinterpreted

    Romeo and Juliet – Reinterpreted

    The students were given 30 minutes to find a location, script and record a modern interpretation of a self-selected scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This is what happened… Find out more: http://waugh8.www.edutronic.net/category/shakespeare/

  • Imagery in Poetry – Teacher Presentation

    Imagery in Poetry – Teacher Presentation

    The data presentation to accompany my 30 minute demonstration lesson on the topic of “Imagery in Poetry”. Presented to the foundation level of the UCL Academy on 25 March 2013 Find all the resources here: http://www.edutronic.net/edutronic/UCL.html

  • Romeo and Juliet – 30 Minute Documentary

    Romeo and Juliet – 30 Minute Documentary

    Completed in 30 minutes of class time, this documentary explores the ideas that Baz Luhrmann used to interpret the original script of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in his film Romeo + Juliet. The class learning sequence this can be associated with can be found here: http://waugh8.www.edutronic.net/category/shakespeare/

  • Peter and Arthur’s Interpretation of a Scene from Romeo and Juliet

    Peter and Arthur’s Interpretation of a Scene from Romeo and Juliet

    As part of their class’ Romeo and Juliet Project, Peter and Arthur’s made this filmed interpretation of a scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Have a look at other students’ interpretations

  • Emily’s Interpretation of a Scene from Romeo and Juliet

    Emily’s Interpretation of a Scene from Romeo and Juliet

    As part of her class’ Romeo and Juliet Project, Emily made this filmed interpretation of a scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Have a look at other students’ interpretations

  • Hal’s Interpretation of a Scene from Romeo and Juliet

    Hal’s Interpretation of a Scene from Romeo and Juliet

    As part of his class’ Romeo and Juliet Project, Hal made this filmed interpretation of a scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Have a look at other students’ interpretations

  • Interpretations of Romeo and Juliet

    Interpretations of Romeo and Juliet

    An explanation of what the word ‘interpretation’ means and some examples of how Baz Luhrmann has interpreted Romeo and Juliet in his film version. This will support the students in their extension work, which involves exploring the contrasts between the play and the film. The lesson sequence that this presentation fits within can be found…

  • Romeo and Juliet: The Hand of Fate

    Romeo and Juliet: The Hand of Fate

    Some students captured Mr Waugh presenting a 5 minute discussion on the action of Fate in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The whole learning sequence can be found here: http://waugh9.www.edutronic.net/category/reading/shakespeare/

  • Daniel and Will – Speaking and Listening Language Sample

    Daniel and Will – Speaking and Listening Language Sample

  • Grammar for Writing – Part 1 – Prepositions

    Grammar for Writing – Part 1 – Prepositions

    As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, first, presentation is an introduction to the subject of Prepositions. For further information check the site edutronic.net/edutronic/lessons.html

  • Grammar for Writing – Part 2 – Noun Phrases

    Grammar for Writing – Part 2 – Noun Phrases

    As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, second, presentation is an introduction to the subject of Noun Phrases. For further information and the associated lesson plans, check the…

  • Grammar for Writing – Part 3 – Adverbials

    Grammar for Writing – Part 3 – Adverbials

    As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, third, presentation is an introduction to the subject of adverbials. For further information and the associated lesson plans, check the siteedutronic.net/edutronic/lessons.html

  • Grammar for Writing – Part 4 – Relative Clauses

    Grammar for Writing – Part 4 – Relative Clauses

    As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, fourth, presentation is an introduction to the subject of relative clauses. For further information and the associated lesson plans, check the…

  • Grammar for Writing – Part 5 – Subordinate Clauses

    Grammar for Writing – Part 5 – Subordinate Clauses

    As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, fifth, presentation is an introduction to the subject of subordinate clauses. For further information and the associated lesson plans, check the…

  • Grammar for Writing – Part 6 – The Final Piece

    Grammar for Writing – Part 6 – The Final Piece

    As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, sixth, presentation brings the 4 weeks’ learning together and sets up the outline for the students’ final piece and its subsequent…

  • Dystopian Openings – Part 7 – Annotation

    Dystopian Openings – Part 7 – Annotation

    As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, seventh, presentation brings the 4 weeks’ learning together and sets up the outline for the students’ ‘expert group’ session on annotation…

  • Dystopian Openings – Presentation – Plenary

    Dystopian Openings – Presentation – Plenary

    This presentation is part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction. This, eighth, presentation is what the teacher, Mr Christopher Waugh, delivered to the researchers after the completion of the project. For further information, samples of…