Hi all,
As mentioned during feedback, if you don't analyse language in your exam responses you will achieve low, low (and possibly no!) marks.
This is fundamental in your study, so over the Easter holidays make sure you go through both PowerPoints, and learn the frameworks and word classes.
Language Frameworks PowerPoint
Word Class PowerPoint
Additional
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Mock Paper Mark Schemes
Below is a link to the mark scheme for the mock paper.
Mark Scheme
The relevant pages are as follows:
For The History Boys you will need pages 28-31
For AHWOSG you will need pages 55-56
The mark scheme will outline specific points you can include in order to fulfill each assessment objective. Look at these points and see which ones you missed in your answers. This should give you an insight into what you can do to revise for the real exam in May.
Mark Scheme
The relevant pages are as follows:
For The History Boys you will need pages 28-31
For AHWOSG you will need pages 55-56
The mark scheme will outline specific points you can include in order to fulfill each assessment objective. Look at these points and see which ones you missed in your answers. This should give you an insight into what you can do to revise for the real exam in May.
Mock Feedback
Morning to everyone who is not on the trip,
Today we will be going over your mocks and I'll be giving feedback to you all as a group. Today you will reflect on your feedback, and you have an opportunity to leave the lesson with a better exam response if you closely follow the instructions.
The first resource you will need is here - this is the PowerPoint with generic feedback. Read along as I am going through it and check your work at the same time - what have you missed? Where did you go wrong in the exam? What changes could you make to boost your grade? Annotate the exam texts at the same time to make a detailed plan of your re-sit.
Choose the section from the paper that you feel you were weakest on. Based on your personal feedback and target sheets and the PowerPoint, plan and re-write your answer to this question.
Today we will be going over your mocks and I'll be giving feedback to you all as a group. Today you will reflect on your feedback, and you have an opportunity to leave the lesson with a better exam response if you closely follow the instructions.
The first resource you will need is here - this is the PowerPoint with generic feedback. Read along as I am going through it and check your work at the same time - what have you missed? Where did you go wrong in the exam? What changes could you make to boost your grade? Annotate the exam texts at the same time to make a detailed plan of your re-sit.
Choose the section from the paper that you feel you were weakest on. Based on your personal feedback and target sheets and the PowerPoint, plan and re-write your answer to this question.
Monday, 21 March 2016
Independent study lesson 21/03
Hi everyone,
I am setting you independent work today. There are a few tasks you need to catch up with before the end of term and I know that many of you are at different points with your work and some of you were absent for our last poetry lesson, so I would like you to find a computer and work on the following tasks today.
1. Did your mock exam highlight any areas that you feel you need to do more work on? I.e. using terminology and integrating this into your answer, structuring PEE paragraphs, knowing your context or knowing the texts in general? Use today to try and fill in these gaps in your learning.
2. Please read the end of A Heartbreaking Work, and write up some analysis of the following questions on your blogs:
- Are you as a reader satisfied with the ending of the memoir? Why/Why not?
- Why do you think Eggers chose to end the text in this way?
- Do we get a sense of the narrative coming full circle?
- How far does the ending of the text suit Eggers' idiosyncratic style? Give literary and linguistic examples.
3. In preparation for Thursday's poetry lesson, I set you all a task 2 weeks ago. This is to read 'To Autumn' by John Keats, and also to try and tap into the ideas, thoughts and feelings that inspired the Romantic poets. As well as reading and annotating the poem, I asked you all to find 1 hour (or half an hour at least) to go outside and try to appreciate your surroundings. Go and sit outside, turn off your phone and free yourself from any other distractions. Sit and take in the scene around you. Write down what you see, feel, hear and smell (and taste, if relevant), and try to find the beauty and peace in your surroundings. Be descriptive, and try to use some techniques in your observations. Bring these to class on Thursday as we will be doing more work on the Romantic period.
Today is a beautiful day, so it's a perfect opportunity for you to do Task 3.
Make sure you update your blogs
Claudia
I am setting you independent work today. There are a few tasks you need to catch up with before the end of term and I know that many of you are at different points with your work and some of you were absent for our last poetry lesson, so I would like you to find a computer and work on the following tasks today.
1. Did your mock exam highlight any areas that you feel you need to do more work on? I.e. using terminology and integrating this into your answer, structuring PEE paragraphs, knowing your context or knowing the texts in general? Use today to try and fill in these gaps in your learning.
2. Please read the end of A Heartbreaking Work, and write up some analysis of the following questions on your blogs:
- Are you as a reader satisfied with the ending of the memoir? Why/Why not?
- Why do you think Eggers chose to end the text in this way?
- Do we get a sense of the narrative coming full circle?
- How far does the ending of the text suit Eggers' idiosyncratic style? Give literary and linguistic examples.
3. In preparation for Thursday's poetry lesson, I set you all a task 2 weeks ago. This is to read 'To Autumn' by John Keats, and also to try and tap into the ideas, thoughts and feelings that inspired the Romantic poets. As well as reading and annotating the poem, I asked you all to find 1 hour (or half an hour at least) to go outside and try to appreciate your surroundings. Go and sit outside, turn off your phone and free yourself from any other distractions. Sit and take in the scene around you. Write down what you see, feel, hear and smell (and taste, if relevant), and try to find the beauty and peace in your surroundings. Be descriptive, and try to use some techniques in your observations. Bring these to class on Thursday as we will be doing more work on the Romantic period.
Today is a beautiful day, so it's a perfect opportunity for you to do Task 3.
Make sure you update your blogs
Claudia
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