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Hi all,


It seems like we've not had a lesson for ages, particularly as we missed one through the INSET day on Friday. I'd just like to clarify our aims for next week and beyond, particularly as the time for coursework is looming closer!


Next week, we will finish reading / listening to All My Sons in class, and begin a more substantial analysis of the play. We need to discuss ways to approach this, and you'll need to choose which option would be best for you to take.

Also, it will be helpful also to come up with some ideas for possible coursework titles, as it will be helpful to have this in mind as we study the detail of the play. The advice from the exam board is that we agree titles which focus on an aspect of the play as a tragedy. An example for AMS might be 'To what extent can Joe Keller be regarded as a typicl tragic hero?'. Alternatively, you might focus on other specific aspects of tragedy, such as endings, along the lines of 'Discuss the extent to which the ending of AMS offer catharsis to the audience.'. You need to decide what you'd prefer to write about, and most of you will attempt different titles.

The link to the exam board's guidance on this is here- look at pages 8 and 9 in particular for this piece. We'll go over all of this in class of course, but it would certainly be beneficial if you were to have a look on your own.
http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/pdf/AQA-2745-W-SP-10.PDF

One last thing- I've put some useful links onto the blog at the right hand side. We will cover this in class, but it would be well worth you reading Miller's 1049 essay Tragedy and the Common Man , which sets out some of his ideas in terms of tragedy. It's quite abstract in places, so don't worry if it's quite hard to read independently. Nevertheless, it would be an extremely useful piece of independent reading for you- probably best to paste onto Word, print out and read on paper I would have thought. Up to you though.

Right, have a great weekend and I'll see you for some catharsis (or not, we'll have to see) on Monday.

Mr Boulter