Open University
Activities
INSET programme for Secondary English Teachers
Each Activity is supported by a two hour departmental INSET plan, classroom ideas AND an online resource section containing: editable texts files of other source material, relevant web site links and links to the software needed to access the multimedia elements of the website.

N.B. Some of the multimedia presentations may take between 5 and 10 minutes to download. See help for more information.

Choose your activity:
Prose The Ancient Coffer of Nuri Bey
This section explores the short story 'The Ancient Coffer of Nuri Bey' through an open ended hypertext presentation.

Creation
Pulsion, Reflections, Two Figures
This section explores a Shockwave Flash version of the poem, Pulsion; a slide show entitled 'Reflections' and a pupil poem from draft to completion through hypertext.

Poetry Search For My Tongue
This section explores the poem 'Search for my Tongue' through DARTS activities, a video clip of the poem in performance and a Shockwave Flash presentation.

Media
Macbeth
This section explores a variety of media activities through a video clip of the BBC Animated Tales version of the play, and a video collage and animation made by pupils.

Oration I have a dream
This section explores the climax to Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech through a Shockwave Flash text mapping presentation.