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LANGUAGE The Time of My Life Key Stage 3 / Scottish Level E, F Age 11–13 A stimulating archive of interviews with older people who speak about what have been the most significant events and experiences of their lives. The programmes study a wide range of topics such as housing, work patterns, war and schooling. Programme Notes These contain an outline of this secondary video, including curriculum relevance, further reading and suggestions on how it can be used in the classroom. Visit www.channel4.com/secondary Coolaboola Key Stage 3 / Scottish Level E, F Age 11–14 Curriculum Relevance • Influences on spoken and written language • Attitudes to language use • Listening skills • Language variation • The development of English Does the cultural dominance of West Coast America among young people signal the death of local languages and dialects? This threepart series contests that view by taking a fresh innovative approach to dialect within a sketch show form. 4 Videos Programmes 1–5 1. East London, early 1900s 2. Yorkshire Mills 1930s 3. Ireland 1930s–1940s 4. Fraserburgh, Scotland from 1939 5. D-Day Landings 5 x 15-minute programmes 1862159556 £14.99* Coolaboola is an exploration of how language is a living form combining comedic literary, musical and other cultural sources available across local and national boundaries. A key message emerging from Coolaboola is that no dialect or language form is better or worse than any other – rather, that certain forms of language are more appropriate than others in particular situations (or as Swift wrote in 1720, ‘proper words in proper places’). Identifying the influences of Gaelic, Old and Middle English and Ulster Scots on contemporary vernacular speech, this series emphasises how dialect can provide positive cultural identities. Video 3 x 25-minute programmes 1862157901 £19.99* Programmes 6–10 6. Tiger Bay, Cardiff 1950s 7. Dorset Farming 1940s–1960s 8. Immigration, Bradford 1960s 9. Liverpool 1960s 10. London 1970s 5 x 15-minute programmes 1862159564 £14.99* Programme Notes These contain an outline of this secondary video, including curriculum relevance, further reading and suggestions on how it can be used in the classroom. Visit www.channel4.com/secondary You can order any of these resources in several ways: Phone: 08701 246 444 Online: www.channel4.com/learningshop Middle English Whose Side Are You On? The Great Hunting Debate / Meat and Veg Key Stage 3 / Scottish Level E, F Age 11–14 Curriculum Relevance • Speaking and listening activities • Using the language of argument and persuasion • Improvisation, live talks and presentations • Prompts discussion and debate The Great Hunting Debate Video 1. No Hunting, No Deer 2. Hunting is Horror 2 x 15-minute programmes 1862151210 £19.99* Some of the images in these programmes may be disturbing. It is advisable to preview before viewing with a class. Debating Pack This pack includes photocopiable activities that support work on speaking and listening in relation to the four programmes from Whose Side are You On? Written by Jim Sweetman 1862152071 £14.95 Meat and Veg Video 1. Meat is Murder 2. Eat Meat 2 x 15-minute programmes 1862154368 £19.99* Debating Pack Ring-bound pack includes photocopiable activities to support work on speaking and listening in relation to the two programmes from Whose Side are You On? Meat and Veg 1851449876 £9.99 The English Programme The Gift of the Gab LANGUAGE Key Stage 4 and GCSE / Scottish Level SG, NQs Age 14–16 Curriculum Relevance • Reading, understanding and responding to a range of types of literary text • Appreciating the techniques authors use to achieve their effects • Developing the skills necessary for literary study In this series, Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson sets a tough challenge for Ireland’s leading writers. He puts their talent for words to the test, asking them to explain the craft of writing in a way that is both lively and revealing for the GCSE student. In a journey that takes him from workroom to audience, he investigates the process by which the writers first choose their genre and then their words. The series includes writers such as Graham Linehan, creator of Father Ted, screenwriter Enda Walsh, playwright Daragh Carville, journalist Jenny McCartney and poets Frank Ormsby and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill. Video 1. Screenwriters Graham Linehan and Enda Walsh 2. Playwrights Ursula Rani Sarma & Daragh Carville 3. Journalists Stuart Bailie & Jenny McCartney 5 x 20-minute programmes 281088 £19.99* Programme Notes These contain an outline of this secondary video, including curriculum relevance, further reading and suggestions on how it can be used in the classroom. Visit www.channel4.com/secondary The English Programme Language 2 Post: 4Learning, PO Box 400, Wetherby, LS23 7LG Fax: 08701 246 446 4. Poets Frank Ormsby & Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill 5. Prose Writers Claire Keegan & Glenn Patterson Key Stage 4 / Scottish Level SG, NQs / Age 14–16 Video Five programmes studying the development of language, available on a single video. 1. Ow We Spake 2. Words Fail Us 3. Language in a Store 4. Falkland Tales 5. Writing It Down 5 x 15-minute programmes 1851449922 £19.99* 5
LANGUAGE / LITERATURE DRAMA The English Programme Writers from Wales Key Stage 4 and GCSE / Scottish Level SG, NQs Age 14–16 Curriculum Relevance • Texts from different cultures and traditions • National Curriculum multicultural dimensions Writers working in the English language in Wales talk about influences on their work and show examples of their writing, providing inspiration for students to create their own work in each of the featured genres. War Game Age 9–14 Curriculum Relevance • Moving image and media texts • Historical contexts and interpretation • Speaking and listening skills • Consider how ideas, values and emotions are explored The haunting sound of men singing drifted back and forth across no man’s land in the still night air. ‘Good night, Tommies. See you tomorrow.’ ‘Good night, Fritz. We’ll have another game.’ War Game follows the story of Will, Lacey and Fredies – three young Suffolk lads who leave their idyllic country lives to fight in the trenches of World War I. Surrounded by the chaos and confusion of war, they can only dream of their football team, their friends and the families they have left behind. However, on Christmas Day, a football game is started between the Germans and the English. Scrambling onto no man’s land, the men come face to face with the enemy they have never seen and the true futility of their fight. For a brief moment, differences are forgotten, the men unite and the seeds of hope are planted. But joy has no place in the War and the men are soon recalled to the trenches to continue the battle. From a football game in the fields of Suffolk to a match in the heart of Flanders, War Game shows the realisation of three young men’s ambitions to play for England and the ability of the human spirit to exist in the harshest conditions. Featuring the voice of Kate Winslet. 6 NEW Video 1. Film and Television Drama Lucy Gough and Ed Thomas 2. Prose Mike Jenkins and Catherine Fisher 3. Poetry Gillian Clarke and Labbi Siffre 5 x 20-minute programmes 1862159203 £19.99* Online Extras These offer free additional activities that complement 4Learning’s videos but can also be used independently. Sections may include: key information for each topic; FAQ; a quiz; a key word glossary and student activities. Visit www.channel4.com/secondary Video 1 x 30-minute programme 1851448128 £14.99* Programme Notes Our free online resource contains background information, further reading and suggestions on how programmes can be used in the classroom. Visit www.channel4.com/primary Also useful for history You can order any of these resources in several ways: Phone: 08701 246 444 Online: www.channel4.com/learningshop cross REF 4. Factual Writing Peter Morgan and Robert Minhinnick 5. Theatre Frank Vickery and Ian Rowlands Middle English Cinderella Key Stage 3 / Scottish Level E, F Age 11–14 Curriculum Relevance • Texts from different cultures and traditions • Media and moving-image texts The story of Cinderella is one of the most famous fables in the world, with hundreds of versions stretching across all continents and many centuries. This version, starring Jane Birkin, Leslie Phillips, Kathleen Turner and David Warner, is not the pantomime made famous during the nineteenth century, but contains authentic elements taken from the many versions of the original story. The drama is followed by a documentary, The Many Cinderellas, which explores the richness and variety of the fable across cultures and centuries. Video 1. Cinderella – the drama (in three parts) 2. The Many Cinderellas 4 x 30-minute programmes 1862156417 £19.99* Online Extras These offer free additional activities that complement 4Learning’s videos but can also be used independently. Sections may include: key information for each topic; FAQ; a quiz; a key word glossary and student activities. Visit www.channel4.com/secondary Post: 4Learning, PO Box 400, Wetherby, LS23 7LG Fax: 08701 246 446 LITERATURE DRAMA Middle English Attila the Hen Key Stage 3 / Scottish Level E, F Age 11–14 Curriculum Relevance • Literature adapted into animated form • Opportunities to debate intensive farming Paddy Mounter’s novel Attila The Hen is brought to life through drawn animation. Attila and some of her scrawny sisters hatch a cunning plan to escape from the terrible conditions of the battery farm. Unfortunately, they find that life outside is not what they expected. The rigid pecking order falls apart and Attila is forced to lead the way through one incident after another. Video 2 x 20-minute programmes 1862158304 £19.99* Online Extras These offer free additional activities that complement 4Learning’s videos but can also be used independently. Sections may include: key information for each topic; FAQ; a quiz; a key word glossary and student activities. Visit www.channel4.com/secondary 7
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