giovedì 6 settembre 2012

Philosophy in shapes

Philosophy in geometrical shapes

Is it possible to explain philosophical concepts through geometrical shapes? According to a famous designer named Genis Carreras it is. Visit the site to know more.http://www.geniscarreras.com/philosophy.html

Literary genres

A simple map created by E. La Torre on the tool http://www.text2mindmap.com/

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http://mrsmarburg.wikispaces.com/file/view/figures_of_speech.png/215464492/figures_of_speech.png

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http://faithbibleministries.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/figures-of-speech-a-brief-introduction/

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE

http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/lyn/level-b/figures-of-speech-oxymoron/

http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/lyn/level-b/figures-of-speech-hyperbole/

http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/lyn/level-b/figures-of-speech-metaphor/

http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/lyn/level-b/figures-of-speech-simile/

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Playing Games

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venerdì 24 agosto 2012

The Big Triangle (COMICS)

In Scott McCloud’s book "Understanding Comics" you will find his observations about what comics are and as we are interested in shapes to convey meanings and ideas here is the author's BIG TRIANGLE -
The link is a ppt with the author's explanations.

http://scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/triangle/index.html

venerdì 20 aprile 2012

Games

What is Graphic English?

When English words are presented in a certain position or picture-like way that express a message we talk about G. E.

example: time time =means time after time

time time	I I bag bag	DICTI ------------------------------- ARY
BUS BUS	man ------------- board

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JOBS IN A SQUARE

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Shaping yourself!!!!

http://www.addictinggames.com/funny-games/theidiottest.jsp

martedì 27 marzo 2012

Literature-Class5

LITERATURE
Romantic Age

Vincenzo Chianese-E. La Torre

William Wordsworth
http://www.classtools.net/widgets/diamond9_7/FXIkQ.htm
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The Daffodils by William Wordsworth
This activity was developed by Val Blackburn at SEAL, match the cards to the text on the grid, or find pairs of cards.
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/daffodils.pdf

Some students' works

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The circularity of a tale-www.languagegarden.com

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Literary_Devices_used_in_a_Lyrical_Ballad_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner_by_Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge

http://www.slideshare.net/shreyarao54379/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-43871783

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When we two parted (Lord Byron)
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSrgAs7CXgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5poBemXgSQs
Lord Byron life and work

Using round shapes to tell stories

Telling a story, elements of a story:
http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/GO/GO_pdf/story_organzier.pdf

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Modernism

Read and then complete the G.O.

Reading

http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab//hfl0255.html

Online interactive G. O.
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=420&title=

G.O. - PDF

Modernist Poetry

Freytag’s Pyramid- Story analysis

Freytag’s Pyramid

Freytag proposed a graphic form for the analysis of a plot known as Freytag’s Pyramid(Freytag’s Pyramid is a modification of Aristotle’s structure that in his book Poetics stated that the unified plot structure of a drama is formed like a basic triangle), he described five distinct sections or acts : exposition; rising action; climax, falling action, denouement.
Freytag ha proposto una forma grafica per l'analisi della trama, conosciuta come la piramide di Freytag, egli ha descritto cinque distinte sezioni o atti.