interact™ High School English covers the development of critical responses to both literary and nonliterary texts, including media texts. Students learn the art of text analysis, techniques for analyzing and researching issues, skills for effective oral presentations along with methods to engage critically and confidently with audiences in formal and informal settings. Presented in a stimulating digital format which includes animated sequences, video and interactive activities, the modules cover Macbeth, The Crucible and the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Student Home Use License contains 30 CDs and entitles 30 students to home use rights. Your school must own a network unlimited license for the specific subject of the Student Home Use License you wish to purchase.
Topic List
Exploring Issues:
- Exploring media language
- Explorinig media texts
- Researching issues
- Journalists and the media
- Exploring issues and points of view
- Safe Injecting Facilities, politics and the media
Reading and the Study of Texts:
- Writing for different purposes and audiences
- Reading and study of novels, plays and non print texts
- Personal and imaginative writing
- Writing an English essay in response to a text
Effective Oral Presenations:
- Effective presenations
Literature and Poetry:
- A comprehensive analysis of William Shakespeare's Macbeth
- A comprehensive analysis of Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
- The Eolian Harp
- Frost at Midnight
- Kubla Khan
- This Lime-tree Bower, My Prison
Judith Beveridge:
- Orb Spider
- The Domesticity of Giraffes
- Fox in a Tree Stump
- Streets of Chippendale
- The Two Brothers
Features
- videos with a modern twist on Macbeth
- interactive, vibrant literary analysis
- animated historical information
- excerpts from plays and poetry with full audio
- engaging, interactive animations
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