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!
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Monday, 24 January 2011
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.
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.
Sunday, 16 January 2011
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.
Sl Task Rewritten
Grade Desc Sl
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.
Sl Task Rewritten
Grade Desc Sl
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
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
It also explains how many and what type of assessments you will be doing.
Speaking and Listening Assessments
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Pre-Mock Advice
This post is quite a general one giving advice on how best to prepare for your mocks. I've also attached the powerpoint for the Armitage poem we looked at today ('Mother Any Distance').
You will be sitting the following papers:
1. A Paper One (like the one you did for homework). This paper will ask you:
2. A Literature paper. This paper will ask you:
How should you revise for Paper One?
You can find information on writing to persuade, explain and advise here.
You can find information on reading non-fiction texts (the shorter answer section) here.
You should read through these notes, try out the online tests and attempt a couple of the activities.
How should you revise for literature?
Use previous posts and the links list on the right to find useful revision materials for poetry and TKAM.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Reread key chapters from the book and make notes on them.
Make notes and highlight key information in your revision pack.
Read through the powerpoints/posts on TKAM on this site and others; make notes as you go along.
Focus on the major characters and themes. This is generally good advice, although questions can be more obscure.
Remember, some of the older posts on this site (see link at the bottom right) have useful information in the form of videos etc.
Duffy, Armitage & Pre-1914 Poetry
BBC Bitesize (see the links list) has loads of useful information on the literature poetry we've looked at, as well as readings and some videos.
Make sure you have an in-depth understanding of the poems we have covered in class. If there's anything you don't understand, take the time to research it.
The powerpoints on this website contain a huge amount of useful stuff. Read them over and add to your annotations.
The 'Literature Poetry' powerpoint in the last post has a 'connections' sheet on the last slide. Tr completing this, thinking about how you could compare each of the poems we've studied, their similarities and differences.
Good luck! You can come talk to me at any time - lunch, break, after school etc. I'm usually in my room or the English office.
Simon Armitage Mother, Any Distance Greater
You will be sitting the following papers:
1. A Paper One (like the one you did for homework). This paper will ask you:
- to answer some shorter-answer questions based on a text that you will be given in the exam; and
- to complete a piece of writing (argumentative, persuasive or advisory).
2. A Literature paper. This paper will ask you:
- to answer an essay question on TKAM (you will have a choice of which question to answer); and
- to answer an essay question comparing and contrasting the poems we have studied in class.
How should you revise for Paper One?
You can find information on writing to persuade, explain and advise here.
You can find information on reading non-fiction texts (the shorter answer section) here.
You should read through these notes, try out the online tests and attempt a couple of the activities.
How should you revise for literature?
Use previous posts and the links list on the right to find useful revision materials for poetry and TKAM.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Reread key chapters from the book and make notes on them.
Make notes and highlight key information in your revision pack.
Read through the powerpoints/posts on TKAM on this site and others; make notes as you go along.
Focus on the major characters and themes. This is generally good advice, although questions can be more obscure.
Remember, some of the older posts on this site (see link at the bottom right) have useful information in the form of videos etc.
Duffy, Armitage & Pre-1914 Poetry
BBC Bitesize (see the links list) has loads of useful information on the literature poetry we've looked at, as well as readings and some videos.
Make sure you have an in-depth understanding of the poems we have covered in class. If there's anything you don't understand, take the time to research it.
The powerpoints on this website contain a huge amount of useful stuff. Read them over and add to your annotations.
The 'Literature Poetry' powerpoint in the last post has a 'connections' sheet on the last slide. Tr completing this, thinking about how you could compare each of the poems we've studied, their similarities and differences.
Good luck! You can come talk to me at any time - lunch, break, after school etc. I'm usually in my room or the English office.
Simon Armitage Mother, Any Distance Greater
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Literature Guide
Remember that we are studying Duffy, Armitage & Pre-1914 for English Literature.
The following powerpoint has loads of information on all the key poems and will be a great aid in your revision.
lit guide
The following powerpoint has loads of information on all the key poems and will be a great aid in your revision.
lit guide
'Kid' by Simon Armitage
Today in class we studied 'Kid' by Simon Armitage.
Here is the powerpoint, as promised, as well as a compilation of Robin quotes from YouTube.
See also the 'Lit Guide' powerpoint.
Kid
Here is the powerpoint, as promised, as well as a compilation of Robin quotes from YouTube.
See also the 'Lit Guide' powerpoint.
Kid
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