ENGLISH - Channel 4
ENGLISH - Channel 4
ENGLISH - Channel 4
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LANGUAGE / LITERATURE DRAMA<br />
The English Programme<br />
Writers from Wales<br />
Key Stage 4 and GCSE / Scottish Level SG, NQs<br />
Age 14–16<br />
Curriculum Relevance<br />
• Texts from different cultures and traditions<br />
• National Curriculum multicultural dimensions<br />
Writers working in the English language in Wales talk about<br />
influences on their work and show examples of their writing,<br />
providing inspiration for students to create their own work in each of<br />
the featured genres.<br />
War Game<br />
Age 9–14<br />
Curriculum Relevance<br />
• Moving image and media texts<br />
• Historical contexts and interpretation<br />
• Speaking and listening skills<br />
• Consider how ideas, values and emotions are explored<br />
The haunting sound of men singing drifted<br />
back and forth across no man’s land in the<br />
still night air. ‘Good night, Tommies. See you<br />
tomorrow.’ ‘Good night, Fritz. We’ll have<br />
another game.’<br />
War Game follows the story of Will, Lacey and<br />
Fredies – three young Suffolk lads who leave their<br />
idyllic country lives to fight in the trenches of World<br />
War I. Surrounded by the chaos and confusion of<br />
war, they can only dream of their football team,<br />
their friends and the families they have left behind.<br />
However, on Christmas Day, a football game is<br />
started between the Germans and the English.<br />
Scrambling onto no man’s land, the men come face<br />
to face with the enemy they have never seen and<br />
the true futility of their fight. For a brief moment,<br />
differences are forgotten, the men unite and the<br />
seeds of hope are planted. But joy has no place in<br />
the War and the men are soon recalled to the<br />
trenches to continue the battle.<br />
From a football game in the fields of Suffolk to a<br />
match in the heart of Flanders, War Game shows the<br />
realisation of three young men’s ambitions to play<br />
for England and the ability of the human spirit to<br />
exist in the harshest conditions. Featuring the voice<br />
of Kate Winslet.<br />
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NEW<br />
Video<br />
1. Film and Television Drama<br />
Lucy Gough and Ed Thomas<br />
2. Prose<br />
Mike Jenkins and Catherine Fisher<br />
3. Poetry<br />
Gillian Clarke and Labbi Siffre<br />
5 x 20-minute programmes<br />
1862159203 £19.99*<br />
Online Extras<br />
These offer free additional activities that complement 4Learning’s<br />
videos but can also be used independently. Sections may include:<br />
key information for each topic; FAQ; a quiz; a key word glossary and<br />
student activities. Visit www.channel4.com/secondary<br />
Video<br />
1 x 30-minute programme<br />
1851448128 £14.99*<br />
Programme Notes<br />
Our free online resource contains background information, further<br />
reading and suggestions on how programmes can be used in the<br />
classroom. Visit www.channel4.com/primary<br />
Also useful for history<br />
You can order any of these resources in several ways: Phone: 08701 246 444 Online: www.channel4.com/learningshop<br />
cross<br />
REF<br />
4. Factual Writing<br />
Peter Morgan and<br />
Robert Minhinnick<br />
5. Theatre<br />
Frank Vickery and<br />
Ian Rowlands<br />
Middle English<br />
Cinderella<br />
Key Stage 3 / Scottish Level E, F<br />
Age 11–14<br />
Curriculum Relevance<br />
• Texts from different cultures and traditions<br />
• Media and moving-image texts<br />
The story of Cinderella is one of the most famous fables in the<br />
world, with hundreds of versions stretching across all continents<br />
and many centuries. This version, starring Jane Birkin, Leslie<br />
Phillips, Kathleen Turner and David Warner, is not the pantomime<br />
made famous during the nineteenth century, but contains authentic<br />
elements taken from the many versions of the original story.<br />
The drama is followed by a documentary, The Many Cinderellas,<br />
which explores the richness and variety of the fable across cultures<br />
and centuries.<br />
Video<br />
1. Cinderella – the drama (in three parts)<br />
2. The Many Cinderellas<br />
4 x 30-minute programmes<br />
1862156417 £19.99*<br />
Online Extras<br />
These offer free additional activities that complement<br />
4Learning’s videos but can also be used independently.<br />
Sections may include: key information for each topic;<br />
FAQ; a quiz; a key word glossary and student activities.<br />
Visit www.channel4.com/secondary<br />
Post: 4Learning, PO Box 400, Wetherby, LS23 7LG Fax: 08701 246 446<br />
LITERATURE DRAMA<br />
Middle English<br />
Attila the Hen<br />
Key Stage 3 / Scottish Level E, F<br />
Age 11–14<br />
Curriculum Relevance<br />
• Literature adapted into animated form<br />
• Opportunities to debate intensive farming<br />
Paddy Mounter’s novel Attila The Hen is brought to life through<br />
drawn animation. Attila and some of her scrawny sisters hatch a<br />
cunning plan to escape from the terrible conditions of the battery<br />
farm. Unfortunately, they find that life outside is not what they<br />
expected. The rigid pecking order falls apart and Attila is forced to<br />
lead the way through one incident after another.<br />
Video<br />
2 x 20-minute programmes<br />
1862158304 £19.99*<br />
Online Extras<br />
These offer free additional activities that complement 4Learning’s<br />
videos but can also be used independently. Sections may include:<br />
key information for each topic; FAQ; a quiz; a key word glossary and<br />
student activities. Visit www.channel4.com/secondary<br />
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