In my current Professional Experience placement, I have taught film techniques and storytelling to a Year 8 English class through the use of the film ‘Coraline.’ During these lessons I had a student ask me specifically why they had to study film techniques and storytelling through the viewing of a film, and that film was … Continue reading What do film texts have to offer in stage 4 classrooms in regard to helping students learn about film techniques and the process of story telling. →

During my current Professional Experience placement, I am teaching a year 10 English class along with my year 8 class as mentioned before in my other reflection. During the lessons I have taught them, some of these lessons involve quiet reading time. This has been created so students can read without the need to write … Continue reading How can the use of graphic novels improve students understanding of multimodal texts. →