Videos, 'Search for my Tongue'/'Hurricane Hits England' and Mocks

Information on Mocks: Paper 2


Section A

This is the poetry section. You should answer one question out of two.

One question will refer to a poem from Cluster 1.

The other question will refer to a question from Cluster 2 (which we have been focussing on).

You will have to compare the named poem in the question with another poem of your choice. The poem of your choice can be from either cluster.

DO NOT write about poems by Duffy/Armitage, or Pre-1914 poetry. These are LITERATURE poems, not English poems.


Section B

You will be given several questions and should choose the one on WRITING TO DESCRIBE; this is the form we have practised.

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Videos

These videos were made by teachers from another school. Each video shows the teachers discussing a particular poem from the anthology. I've provided links to each of them below.

Search for My Tongue

Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan

Hurricane Hits England

This Room

They have videos for almost all of the Poetry from Different Cultures on their Youtube channel.

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Hurricane Hits England

Hurricane Hits England


Search for My Tongue

PMcSearch for My Tongue

'Presents from my Aunts'/'This Room'

ThisRoomDharker

PMcPresents From My Aunts in Pakistan

presauntpak

Descriptive Writing, Mocks and Homework for w/b 31/01

Okay everyone, just a quick note on your mock exam which is scheduled to take place on the 14th and 15th of February (looks like it'll be split over two periods, even though it's only one paper).

The paper you will be sitting is English Paper 2. It has two parts.

• writing to inform/explain/describe
• cluster 2 poetry

We've already started preparing for it in class and will continue to do so. At the moment I think we'll sit our roleplay assessments just before the half term, after the exam - that way we don't have to use up valuable preparation time.

Homework

You have a few pieces of homework to complete this week.

• Presentation & Layout 2 (purple booklet)
• Language Analysis 2 (purple booklet)
• A descriptive writing question (see below)
• Practise for your roleplay assessment

The descriptive writing questions you can choose for your homework are:

• Describe a city, real or imagined.
• Describe a journey by plane, train, bus or car.
• Describe the view from your bedroom window.

Remember to use varied sentences, descriptive words, similes and metaphors, connectives, sensory language, a clear structure and the 'zoom in' method.

Descriptive Writing

Congratulations on your speaking and listening marks - they were absolutely fantastic and you had clearly spent some time preparing them. Miss Sheldon and I were very impressed! It'll make a big difference to your mark overall.

Now we just need to work on the roleplay!

Stealing & Homework for w/b 24th January

In class on Thursday and Monday we looked at one of our Literature poems - 'Stealing' by Carol Ann Duffy. It's definitely one of my favourite ones in the anthology.

There's lots of information about the poem in the revision pack that I posted up previously. You should use this when answering your homework questions. I've also embedded the video we watched in class.

Homework for this week:

1. Complete the yellow booklet questions on 'Stealing'. Those of you aiming for As and Bs should also complete the extension questions, but they're a great revision tool for everyone.
2. Purple booklet: complete the first exercise on language and the first exercise on presentation.
4. Practise for your roleplay - you should know all your lines by heart.


If you need any help, come and see me BEFORE Monday.

If you want somewhere to practise your roleplay, let me know and I will arrange a time for you to use the classroom.

Stealing By Carol Ann Duffy from Ciaran Doughty on Vimeo.

Speaking & Listening: Further Information

Remember, your first S&L assessment is on Tuesday 18th January. It's a group discussion and doesn't require peparation at home. The task is to prepare for your roleplay assessment, which (according to THE PLAN) you will be sitting on the 1st of February.

Next week, on the 25th of January, you will be sitting your individual S&L assessment. With Miss Sheldon's help I hope we'll get through them all!

In case any of you lose your sheets I've attached them below. The individual task and grade descriptors are both there - the grade descriptors sheet also contains the mark scheme for group work/ role play, so worth looking at that too.

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Grade Desc Sl

Speaking and Listening

This powerpoint gives you all the information you need about Speaking & Listening at GCSE, including grade boundaries and descriptors for each level.

It also explains how many and what type of assessments you will be doing.

Speaking and Listening Assessments