tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12255498542105662722024-03-05T13:47:34.857+00:00The GCSE English Revision BlogMr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-72655401772238141212015-11-21T16:59:00.000+00:002015-11-21T17:00:06.445+00:00Revision App<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/english-language-gcse-revision/id861891074?mt=8" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/english-language-gcse-revision/id861891074?mt=8" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZVvbrez7GoXJyIUo8hSKAS99ptsA0R0y8cKh15HvaoOpBPHEsHC7UmWeDWajK0WY6c03fyp_nHLSYZTtRvZeVExXSiRCDykVhHeLIfxn6yWCnf7plOumoEVbobyGgRuM_vJ5i-mORy0/s1600/APPcap.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A first post of the 2015/16 academic year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here's a link to the GCSE English revision app<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Click the pic:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks for showing me this, KM. A good find (if a bit geeky).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why not give it a whirl?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mr M </span></div>
Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-27014436280555511292015-05-30T22:20:00.002+01:002015-05-30T22:25:51.684+01:00The final stretch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hi folks,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, if your GCSEs
were a marathon, then you're here: approaching the final corner -
counting down yards instead of miles. The finishing line is around the
next bend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I know that you lot are all ready now, but if you feel like you need a final shove in the right direction<span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll be about at the <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>end of school on Monday </b></span>for a final revision session. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'll bring biscuits! For the final time! </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have I said final enough?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mr M</span></div>
Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-20729729378896392162015-05-29T14:32:00.001+01:002015-05-29T14:38:35.710+01:00English Language - Exam Guide and Q4 tips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hi all,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you know, the next English Paper is THE BIG ONE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's my exam guide:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You can find a <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/another-practice-paper.html" target="_blank">past paper and mark scheme here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have a series of powerpoints dealing with each question in turn. You can find these <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-english-carousel-week-13.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-english-carousel-lesson-23.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-english-carousel-lesson-33.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Question 4 is the really tricky one, as you can see from this graph</span>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The key to standing out from the crowd on this paper is by being one of the 21% of students who answer Q4 well. The only way to do it is <span style="color: #990000;"><b>practise, practise, practise!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Tips for Q4:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">1) Memorise this... and practise searching for these techniques (esp. the ones in bold):</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">2) Remember the keys words in the question: <span style="color: #990000;"><b>language </b><span style="color: black;">and its <span style="color: #990000;"><b>effects.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">3) In order to make the most of your comparisons, be prepared to <span style="color: #990000;"><b>use both of these key words as starting points for comparison</b></span>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">4) <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Using <u>language</u> as a starting point for comparison</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"> eg:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Both writer's start with long, list-like sentences in order to.... </span><b> </b></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">In both articles, the writers use metaphor to illustrate their points...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">In Source 3, there is a lexical chain of words which remind us of movie monsters...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Whereas in Ssource 2, the writer uses a string of powerful verbs to...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Both writers use alliteration to good effect... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">The language in Source 3 is often colloquial...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">In comparison, the language of Source 1 is fairly formal. However, there are exceptions...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">5) <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Using <u>effects</u> as a starting point for comparion</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> <span style="color: black;"> eg:<b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">At the start of Source 3, the writer builds tension before revealing the subject of the article...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Similarly, the writer of Source 1 is trying to build interest...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Both texts have a humorous tone in places...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Both writers use hyperbole in order to persuade the reader... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Source 3 ends with a feeling of triumph... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">In contrast, Source 2 ends with a sense of resignation... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"> REMEMBER, when starting with effects, make sure you comment on language after the quote to explain how the writer's techniques helped achieve those effects.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">6) <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Follow up your quotes by analysing </b></span>(ZOOM IN):</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">The word ___________ has connotations of...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">The word __________ has the effect of...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">This suggests...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">This use of imagery has the effect of...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">The use of the short sentence at this point is particularly effective because...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">The writer's use of assonance has the effect of...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">This has an impact on the reader because... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"> 7) Structuring your response:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">I'm always a little wary of giving students a set structure. This is because it entirely depends on the combination of texts in front of you. A structure like DAFOREST is limiting in that it just picks out a few arbitrary techniques in a weird order - and some of them aren't language. It's a structure to scrape you a C.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">If I was pushed to recommend a structure, it's probably be this:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">1) Start by comparing the effect of the openings of the extracts and how they suit the purpose of the text (eg. building tension/interest, shock, persuasion, describing etc)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">2) Write about <span style="color: #990000;"><b>word</b></span> choices in the two sources</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">3) Write about <b><span style="color: #990000;">imagery </span></b>(similes/metaphors/personification) or comparisons used to illustrate.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">4) Write about <span style="color: #990000;"><b>sound </b><span style="color: black;">effects such as alliteration and assonance in the two texts.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">5) Comment on the use of <span style="color: #990000;"><b>sentence</b><span style="color: black;"> structures (long, short, lists, repetition etc.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">6) If there's time, end by commenting on how the endings of the texts are effective. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">It's very likely that you won't have time to do all this, but you don't have to. This structure will give you plenty to write about and will keep you on task. Starting with effects gives you a nice way in to any combination of texts. </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Finally, a very useful resource can be found <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-english-carousel-week-13.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>: a past paper (your mock?) with example Band 4 answers (with examiners comments).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">I hope this helps. Feel free to send me stuff to mark! And get in touch if you are unsure about anything.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Mr M </span></span></span></span></span><b> </b></span></span></div>
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-614242869763231112015-05-28T13:56:00.002+01:002015-05-28T13:57:24.207+01:00English Language Paper Prep<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hi,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are some useful links to support your prep for the English Language paper:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/another-practice-paper.html">http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/another-practice-paper.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll be updating my advice about question 4 later.</span><br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-87270844021344615212015-05-21T21:30:00.001+01:002015-05-21T21:30:26.528+01:00Revision Session and debrief<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hi all,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A few last messages:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1) Please drop in tomorrow and let me know how it went.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2) Over half-term, remember to have a go at the <b>Q4 (language) </b>question for the final English Language paper I gave you. <b><span style="color: #990000;">THIS QUESTION IS THE BIG ONE!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3) If you're available, I can do a revision session at the end of the first day back after half-term to discuss your Q4 response. Let me know.</span><br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-33778386410968081872015-05-21T21:23:00.000+01:002015-05-21T21:23:41.221+01:00Portrait vs Alison<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's the exemplar answer we worked on in class on Tuesday:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Compare the ways in which poets present feelings of loss in 'On a Portrait of a Deaf Man' and one other poem.</span></b></span><br /><br /><i>In On a Portrait of a Deaf Man, the speaker is mourning the loss of a loved one (probably a father) and is experiencing feelings of anger and horror about death. In contrast, in Casehistory Alison, the speaker is mourning the loss of her own past life and memories following an accident. Her inability to remember means that she 'cannot get over' it, but Alison seems resigned rather than angry.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In Portrait of a Deaf Man, the speaker experiences sharply contrasting emotions. On the one hand, the portrait of his father brings back fond memories. He mentions small details that bring his father to life, from his 'kind old face' and 'egg-shaped head' to his 'discreetly loud' tie. These fond memories use synecdoche to start to put together a sense of who he was. However, each of these details has darker connotations. The egg image implies fragility, and the oxymoron of 'discreetly loud' represents the mixed feelings which run throughout the poem. Each detail from the past links to a morbid thought about the present: his fondness for 'potatoes in their skin' is a reminder of the man's skin now - and his position in the earth. Later, the reference to shaking hands links to a grim thought about how 'his finger bones stick through his finger ends'. The poet's main point seems to be that fond memories have been tainted with the horrid realisation of death. <br /><br />Similarly, in Casehistory Alison, there is a sense of pride and fondness when focusing on the past contrasted with a sense of shame and despair about her transformation. In fact, the contrast is so sharp that Fanthorpe presents Alice in both the 1st and 3rd person, describing her as 'My husband's wife, my mother's only daughter'. This immediately creates an identity crisis; the old Alison and the new Alison are like different people. This is developed with a series of contrasting descriptions. In the past, Alison had 'delicate angles' and 'airy poise' like a 'Degas dancer.' These descriptions create an image of grace and beauty, like a work of art. The 'autocratic knee' also depicts the old Alison as being powerful and in control. The new Alison couldn' be more different; she is 'enmeshed in ... fat' and that same knee now 'lugs' her upstairs. The word 'enmeshed' has connotations of entrapment, suggesting she feels trapped in this new life, mind and body. The use of the heavy sounding 'lug' sharply contrasts to her 'airy poise' in the past. Later in the poem, we learn of other things she has lost: her old 'lack of faith' and her 'smiles' - even after her father's death. Her head injury means she has to suffer grief over and over again, and the 'lack of faith' implies that her old carefree attitude has gone forever.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The structure of these two poems is very different and shows the different mindsets of the speakers. On a Portrait of a Deaf Man is fairly regular, with an abcb rhyme scheme and regular stanza lengths. This helps create a sense of order and certainty which fits with the speaker's blunt, direct assessment of the reality of life and death. The rhymes often make this blunt truth all the more horrific as they are completed at the end of each stanza, many of which end with an image of horror. In contrast, the three lines stanzas and enjambment in Casehistory Alison help recreate the irregular, uncertain nature of her new life. The splitting of phrases using enjambment (eg. 'lugs me upstairs/Hardly') suggests that she is always trying to catch up with herself, and that thinks never quite fit together as they should. The short, long, short pattern in terms of stanza lengths creates a sense of a repetitive cycle - much like her existence now that she needs 'reminding every morning.' Although there is little rhyme, clusters of repeated words and phrases help create pathos: 'morning' comes in close proximity with its homophone 'mourning', emphasising the repeated sense of loss. Other repetitions (smiles, faith) emphasise the sense of there being two Alisons.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Finally, Casehistory Alison ends with more repetition as 'a bright girl she was' is repeated. At the end however, there is more pathos as it is juxtaposed with the tragedy of the previous line: 'I am her future'. 'Was' seems like the perfect word to end the poem with, as it suggests that her old life is well and truly consigned to the past and can never be recovered. Portrait of a Deaf Man ends in anger - at God. The address to God and the capitalisation of His name suggests a continuing belief, but the accusation suggests a crisis of faith. The final word emphasises the bleak reality of the constant presence of 'decay' and death. Perhaps the speaker's horror is as much about his own decay as it is about the loss of his father; losing a loved one has made him discover the truth of his own mortality.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you can see girls, you can't write about everything in 45 minutes. You don't have to. Just use the structure we discussed today and stay focused and you'll be fine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Best of luck,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm pretty confident about this one, girls. You are more ready for this paper than any other class that I've sent into this exam in the past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In this post, I'd like to just focus on some key reminders. See previous posts for past papers, mark schemes, links to blogs about other poems etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, here's a reminder of the structure I described today:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In effect, you are using two different starting points for making comparisons to ensure that you hit the requirements of the marking criteria. You are looking at the comparison from two different angles (I wish I could show you Burrell's illustration here - if you send a photo, I'll put it up!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just keep doing what you've been doing through the course. <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Zoom in and zoom out.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Remind yourself of poetic devices <a href="http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Finally, here's a couple of interpretations of <i>My Last Duchess</i>. There's loads of help on this poem out there, including tutorials on Youtube like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlJhrfUaqGU" target="_blank">this one</a>. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zffw2hv" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's one more dramatic reading of the poem</span></a>, <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this time re-imagined as a British-Asian arranged marriage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Great work so far, girls. You're nearly there: keep going!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello Y11,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, your next exam is <b>English Literature Paper 2: Poetry Across Time.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Remember, you will get a clean Anthology in the exam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My hunches for this exam are as follows, but remember that anything could come up - you need to know all of the poems and know plenty of them inside out.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Top hunches:</span></b><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My Last Duchess</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Medusa</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Others that haven't come up for a while:</span></b><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Checking Out Me History</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Clown Punk</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i>The Hunchback in the Park </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's my exam guide:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And here are some posts about the poems:</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;">
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/tuesdays-poem-clown-punk.html" target="_blank">'Give' and 'The Clown Punk' - Simon Armitage </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/les-grands-seigneurs-some-thoughts.html" target="_blank">'Les Grands Seigneurs' by Dorothy Molloy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-ruined-maid-interpretations.html" target="_blank">'The Ruined Maid' by Thomas Hardy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/my-last-duchess-by-robert-browning.html" target="_blank">'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/04/this-weeks-poems-alison-horse-and-deaf.html" target="_blank">'On a Portrait of a Deaf Man' by John Betjeman</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/04/checking-out-me-history-notes-and.html" target="_blank">'Checking Out Me History' by John Agard </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/fridays-poem-hunchback-in-park-by-dylan.html" target="_blank">'The Hunchback in the Park' by Dylan Thomas</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/model-answer-comparing-poems.html" target="_blank">Model answer: 'Ozymandias' and 'The River God'</a> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And here's my approach to <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/unseen-poetry-three-tick-method.html" target="_blank">the unseen poem. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can find lots of other poetry resources by clicking on <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/character%20and%20voice" target="_blank">'Character and Voice' </a>in the browse by topic menu, here ---------------------------------></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Finally, some links for poems which are not mentioned above. Here are two essential articles on <a href="http://www.sheerpoetry.co.uk/advanced/carol-ann-duffy/notes-on-selected-poems-advanced/medusa" target="_blank">'Medusa'</a> and <a href="http://www.sheerpoetry.co.uk/gcse/daljit-nagra/singh-song" target="_blank">'Singh Song'</a> by the authors themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm also intending to finish another model answer on 'Portait of a Deaf Man' and 'Casehistory: Alison' - the one we started in the lesson the other day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Good luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Note the similarities with Curley's Wife in that he lives his life under 'layers of protection' - perhaps they all do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another key quote is the one about his deep set eyes that 'glittered with intensity'. This represents the light, the hope, the dream that lays buried deep inside of him. However, this innocent dream of the past has been damaged by bitter experience. Now he is sullen and cynical; he knows he has to keep people at arm's length to protect himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In this chapter, Steinbeck makes him physically grow - but then shrink again as a result of Curley's Wife's attack. In the end, the circular structure (not that again!) of the chapter shows he's going nowhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First thing to remember: <b><span style="color: red;">BRING YOUR COPIES OF THE TEXTS!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here are links to the video clips we watched in lesson on these two poems. The first and third links are to readings of the poems, the second and fourth are explanations from the poets, Daljit Nagra and John Agard.</span><br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-86194658030769394272015-04-30T23:24:00.003+01:002015-04-30T23:24:34.389+01:00Daljit Nagra on 'Singh Song'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't think I need to blog at great length about <i>Les Grands Seigneurs</i> by Dorothy Molloy.</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It's pretty straight forward. Although it appeared on the 2014 paper, it compares well with my tips (Medusa and My Last Duchess), so it's definitely worth getting to know it inside out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So what is structure?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, here are some thoughts about the structure of Les Grands Seigneurs:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The first half of the poem is a succession of images showing what men were to the speaker. These images are clustered together to develop subtle shades of meaning: first architectural images, then bird images, performing animals, ship images and musical/entertainment images. For example, the first group of images are suggestive of the medieval world of castles, knights, maidens and courtly love. 'Buttresses' suggest support, 'castellated towers' suggest protection (but perhaps isolation? entrapment? - does this foreshadow the ending?) and 'bowers' suggests comfort, relaxation and privacy. Think about why each image is included and what it adds to its cluster of images.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Men are the subject and focus of stanzas 1 & 2. Note the repetition: Men were... Men were... These stanzas suggest certainty and confidence in the regularity provided by the repetition.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are rhymes in stanza 1, as well as a strong rhythm enhanced by assonance (strutting pink flamingos) which add to the confident dynamic voice of the speaker.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Stanza 3 marks a shift. Now the subject is the all-powerful speaker. The enjambment of 'out of reach' in line 9/10 enacts the idea of her being on a pedestal.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are only three lines in stanza 3, and they create a kind of skewed rhyming couplet: reach/peach. However, this shortened stanza suggests that her power is short-lived.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The final stanza starts with 'But' - marking a bigger shift.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The 'wedded, bedded' bit slows the poem down and emphasises (through heavy stresses) the shift into the dreary reality of marriage.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The bracketed phrase (yes, overnight) adds a sense of shock and disbelief to the speaker's voice.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The poem ends on another skewed rhyming couplet (fluff/bluff). But this time, it seems rushed. Try reading the rhming lines in stanza 3 and then compare to the end of stanza 4: the final line is over quicker than a click of the fingers. The poem's lines have been getting progressively shorter. This recreates the sense of a sudden, shocking transformation from 'queen' to 'bit of fluff'.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope this helps to clarify what kind of features of the writer's craft constitute structure: think stanzas, line lengths, rhymes, patterns of imagery, rhythm/stresses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In your revision guide thingy, you will find an 'A' grade answer to a question comparing this poem with Medusa. It's definitely worth a read. That could be your exam question - who knows? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Please remember: you need to be putting in the extra effort now. It is time. Read and re-read and re-read and re-read the poems. Read your study guide. Look at other revision resources. Fill in comparison grids and your <i>Character and Voice</i> connection chart. Revise!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you need more help on any aspect of the poems that we're rushing through, please email, comment or just grab me in school. </span><br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-60502417597416760042015-04-30T14:15:00.000+01:002015-04-30T14:15:07.335+01:00On a Portrait of a Deaf Man<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We've bashed through a fair few poems recently. Make sure you've got your head around them by reading through the Bitesize notes on <i><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetrycharactervoice/casehistoryalisonrev1.shtml" target="_blank">Casehistory: Alison</a></i>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetrycharactervoice/horserev1.shtml" target="_blank">The <i>Horse Whisperer</i></a> and <i><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetrycharactervoice/onaportraitrev1.shtml" target="_blank">On a Portrait of a Deaf Man</a></i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's the last poem I want to blog about because it's a belter. Why do I like this grim little poem about death? Perhaps it's because truly great literature deals with universal themes. The Romantic poet, John Keats said: 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty'. Cormac McCarthy, who wrote a novel about the end of the world ('The Road'), says that writing that is not about 'issues of life and death' is 'not literature'. What I love about this poem is that it presents the harsh truth of the reality of death without a sugary coating. We tend to live in denial about such things; great literature makes us confront these thoughts and deal with them. John Betjeman doesn't shy away from the darkest of thoughts in his grief. And he doesn't water his feelings down with euphemisms. But just like the dead wife in 'My Last Duchess', we are given a picture of the simple pleasures of life too: the food, the walks, the air. Perhaps part of the truth of this poem is that we cannot celebrate the beauty and joy of life without acknowledging the darkness of death. It's a poem of opposites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There's so much more to this poem than initially meets the eye. It's very carefully constructed, and there's loads to say about structure. Here's a recap of key points about this poem, and perhaps a few things we didn't notice first time around:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The poem is an elegy - a lament for the dead.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's written in ballad metre. That means that lines 1 and 3 of each stanza are tetrameters (four stressed syllables); lines 2 and 4 are trimeters (three). This creates the same rhythm that you'll know from all those carol concerts in <i>O Little Town of Bethlehem</i>. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The regular rhythm and rhyme creates various effects. It creates a sense of order and certainty - like the inevitability of death. It also makes the poem all the more blunt - even darkly comic.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A key idea in the poem is that the speaker cannot think of the positive memories of his father without being reminded of death. Even the images of food remind us of this: think of the fragile 'egg-shaped head' and the wrinkly 'potatoes in their skin' which reminds us that the father has swapped places with the potato. Later, the 'soil' he loved the smell of is also a reminder of his burial.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The poem is as much about the speaker's fear of death as it is about the father. Consider the 'loosely fitting shooting clothes' which become a 'closely fitting shroud'. A shroud is a burial cloth. The fact that they are now closely fitting is more a sign of the speaker's claustrophobia at the thought of burial than it is a description of the father's change in size.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's a sensual poem - only the sense of sound is missing as the father is deaf (<i>long silent walks/not the song it sung</i>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The oxymoronic description of a the tie, 'discreetly loud', reminds us that this poem is one of opposites: life and death, celebration and sorrow, faith and despair, freshness and decay. See the yin-yang symbol above. Perhaps it also tells us about the father's personality - confident, strong but understated.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Part of the Chinese concept of yin-yang is that opposites are interconnected. This is true of this poem. Within each stanza, the positive memories tie up with sadness and even horror. Eg. 'shake hands' links to 'finger-bones'; eating a potato, eating clay; the rain-washed air he loved and the soaked earth of Highgate Cemetery.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Remember, Carrara is an Italian town famous for its marble - often used for gravestones.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The final stanza is full of bitterness, anger and confusion. We don't know how long ago the father died, but the emotions are still raw. The fact that the poem is inspired by a portrait suggests that time has passed but has not healed. 'Thus' and 'thus' may well refer to the father's deafness and his death. There is a sarcastic tone to 'save his soul and pray.' Despite the direct address to God and the respectful capitalisation of 'You', there is no mention of an afterlife: 'I only see decay.' The ending of the poem therefore presents us with ambivalent feelings about God (ambivalent means mixed, conflicting feelings about something). He's questioning his faith - but doing it directly at God. The poem, as we have seen, is full of ambivalence.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hope this helps. Think about how it connects to:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Casehistory: Alison (before/after; loss; faith)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Medusa (bitterness, anger and ambivalence) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Brendon Gallacher (death, memory, loss)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les Grands Seigneurs (sudden, harsh transformations)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ozymandias (decay)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My Last Duchess (life and death)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The River God (nature, life and death)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">PS. Just had these two new thoughts about The Horse Whisperer:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1) Just like in <i>Les Grands Seigneurs</i>, the poems sudden transformation is shown in the verse form through sudden endings. In <i>Horse</i>, it is provided through a short final stanza; in <i>Seigneurs</i>, through short, skewed rhyming lines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2) I mentioned how the images we get of horses are like close ups of small details ('shimmering muscles', 'eyes revolved') - I compared this to the early pages of the Gruffalo - before we meet him. This technique has a name:<b> synecdoche </b>(where a part of something is used to represent the whole:
here specific parts of the horse are used to stand for the whole horse,
effectively focusing the reader's attention.) Good, eh? If the Gruffalo passed you by, here's what I mean:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Tuesday, we discussed the best way of approaching the unseen poetry question.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To sum up this question (section B of the Lit Unit 2 - Poetry), you can expect:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>So, how should you approach a new poem in exam conditions?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By using the <b>Three Tick Method</b>! I nicked this idea from a well known American edublogger and writer. Here's how it works:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was really pleased with how this seemed to work on Monday. A single reading is not always enough to 'get' a poem. This way, you'll hit the ground running when you do start to write. Don't be afraid to spend this time thinking and annotating first. 25 minutes is plenty of time for this answer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Why not give it a go? </b>You have some past questions and a model answer. Or you can look at <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/literature-past-papers.html" target="_blank">this</a>. Alternatively, have another look at these belters:</span></div>
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The time will come <br />
when, with elation, <br />
you will greet yourself arriving <br />
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and each will smile at the other's welcome, <br />
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And say, sit here. Eat. <br />
You will love again the stranger who was yourself. <br />
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart <br />
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you <br />
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all your life, whom you ignored <br />
for another, who knows you by heart. <br />
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, <br />
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peel your own image from the mirror. <br />
Sit. Feast on your life. <br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-45548935014693350072015-04-30T14:08:00.000+01:002015-04-30T14:08:24.723+01:00My Last Duchess: Context and final thoughts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hi,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lucrezia de' Medici, generally believed to be My Last Duchess</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In this post, I'm going to go over a bit of historical context, recap the story of the poem, and discuss the ending, which was rushed at the end of last lesson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>Context:</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The speaker is most likely Alfonso II d'Este, the fifth Duke of Ferrara (1533–1598), who, at the age of 25, married Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici, the 14-year-old daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Eleonora di Toledo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Lucrezia was not well educated, and the Medicis could be considered "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouveau_riche" title="Nouveau riche">nouveau riche</a>" in comparison to the venerable and distinguished Este
family (the Duke's remark regarding his gift of a
"nine-hundred-years-old name" clearly indicates that he considered his
bride beneath him socially). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She came with a sizeable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry" title="Dowry">dowry</a>,
and the couple married in 1558. He then abandoned her for two years
before she died on 21 April 1561, at age 17. There was a strong
suspicion of poisoning.The Duke then sought the hand of Barbara, eighth daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary and the sister of the Count of Tyrol, Ferdinand II. The count was in charge of arranging the marriage; the chief of his entourage, Nikolaus Madruz, a native of Innsbruck, was his courier. Madruz is presumably the silent listener in the poem.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The other characters named in the poem, painter Frà Pandolf and sculptor Claus of Innsbruck, are fictional.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>The poem</u> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The poem is set during the late Italian Renaissance. The speaker
(presumably the Duke of Ferrara) is giving the emissary of the family
of his prospective new wife (presumably a third or fourth since Browning
could have easily written 'second' but did not do so) a tour of the
artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of a
woman, explaining that it is a portrait of his late wife; he invites his
guest to sit and look at the painting. As they look at the portrait of
the late Duchess, the Duke describes her happy, cheerful and flirtatious
nature, which had displeased him. He says, "She had a heart – how shall
I say? – too soon made glad..." He goes on to say that his complaint of
her was that "'twas not her husband's presence only" that made her
happy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Eventually, "I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together."
He now keeps her painting hidden behind a curtain that only he is
allowed to draw back, meaning that now she only smiles for him - just as we wanted it. The Duke
then resumes an earlier conversation regarding wedding arrangements,
and in passing points out another work of art, a bronze statue of Neptune taming a sea-horse. Throughout the whole poem you get the sense that the Duke owns his wife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In an interview, Browning said, "I meant that the commands were that
she should be put to death . . . Or he might have had her shut up in a
convent."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>Structure - the importance of the ending </u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In terms of structure, the ending of the poem is vital because we don't realise the true purpose of this meeting until the end. It completely changes the tone and meaning of the entire poem from casual conversation into pointed warning. The words 'looking as if she were alive' at the start now seem like cruel mockery. Here are my notes on the ending: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We learn that the whole conversation about the painting is planned. The Duke is sending a message to the Count's daughter to not make the same mistakes as the last duchess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is obvious from this ending that they had previously been discussing the 'object' of this meeting (the daughter) and, perhaps more importantly, the dowry. His point about the dowry here is basically this: <i>Everyone knows the count is rich and generous, so I know you won't mess me about over the large dowry I'll be demanding.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Is the dowry the real 'object' of his desires?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The final image is hugely significant. He killed his wife because he couldn't tame her. He likes to think of himself as having the power of Neptune in the statue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is a very famous poem which has a long critical history. There's plenty of information about this poem online. Here's <i>GCSE Revision</i>'s YouTube translation and analysis of the poem:</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Last_Duchess#cite_note-3"></a></sup>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is a great poem to write about in the exam; it compares well to poems such as <i>Ozymandias</i>, <i>The River God</i>, <i>Les Grands Seigneurs</i> etc. However, it is tricky to get your head round at first. Get to know it inside out, and there's a good chance you'll get to use that expertise in the exam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you feel like you need more help with this or any other poem, please comment, email or catch me in school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mr M</span></div>
Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-17774190823254585782015-04-30T14:01:00.000+01:002015-04-30T14:01:00.284+01:00An Inspector Calls: Mr Birling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For Section A of Lit Unit 1, you have to answer one essay question on <i>An Inspector Calls</i> (from a choice of two). Here are the question focuses from the past papers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">June 14:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> gender</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the importance of Eva Smith</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">June 13:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the ending</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Eric</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jan 13:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mrs Birling</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the significance of social class</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">June 12:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Inspector Goole</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the opening stage directions</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jan 12:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">responsibility (you've done this for your CA!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Gerald</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">June 11:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">contrasts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sheila</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jan 11:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">tensions in the family</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">selfishness </span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So what could come up in your exam? The answer is... almost anything. You need to be prepared for a range of questions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">However, it's likely that your question will either be something that has not been covered before - or something that hasn't been covered for a while. Could Sheila be back? Could we hit the jackpot and write about responsibility again? I also like the 'contrasts' question: think young/old, rich/poor, capitalist/socialist, realism/the unreal ending. Dichotomies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But I think there's a very good chance that it could be <b>Mr Birling</b>. So what might a Mr B question look like? How about these?</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How does Priestley undermine Mr Birling in An Inspector Calls?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mr Birling is a static character and is nothing more than a personification of capitalism. How does Priestley use Mr Birling to criticise capitalism?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's some thoughts about how to structure an answer to one of these questions:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Intro - first impressions:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">stage directions and early dialogue - 'provincial speech' and manner hints at modest roots, but he's very quickly forgotten where he came from. Selfish and business obsessed - even at daughter's engagement: 'lower costs and higher prices' - Priestley hinting at his attitude towards his workers. Desperate to impress Gerald and possibly insecure. Hints that he's not as 'comfortable' as he tries to make out. Worries about the Crofts not being there and whether the celebration is lavish enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dramatic irony:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Titanic
- obvious reference which makes him sound buffoon-like. Repetition and
categorical assertions ('unsinkable... absolutely unsinkable) highlight
his over-confidence. War - more emotive. The references to 1940, Russia
and H.G Wells/G.B Shaw would resonate with a 1940s audience in
particular, and highlight the capitalist/socialist dichotomy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Interrogation:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">His
attempts to intimidate Goole show that he's self-important and feels
like he should be above the law. He is set up for a fall. Defensive
quotes: 'If everyone was responsible...awkward.' etc. Euphemisms:
'horrid business'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Comments on the interrogation of others:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Initially seems glad to not be the only one involved. Criticises others. Defends Gerald's adultery etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Realisation:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">'Inspector, I'd give thousands' etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ending:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ends
up laughing at the 'famous younger generation'. Circular structure
mirrors his return to complacency. Somewhat lighthearted, silly language
shows his growing excitement at getting away with it. 'By jingo, a
fake.'</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Conclusion:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Birling
= capitalism. Static character intended to personify all the faults and
complacency of Edwardian England - which led us, in Priestley's view,
to war. Characterisation is not subtle - we are meant to see him as a
buffoon from the very start. Whatever he says after the Titanic
reference is not to be trusted - neither are his capitalist views.
Titanic as metaphor for Birlings with their confidence, wealth and
ultimately, their downfall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope that makes sense and seems like a sensible approach. Your next step should be to find the quotes to go with this plan. Why not have a go at writing it? It could be your exam question! In addition, I've found <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/pierrette/an-inspector-calls-revision-7838702" target="_blank">this helpful revision powerpoint. Take a look.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Keep revising - and let me know if you need anything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mr M </span></span> </div>
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-16995783632662769752015-04-04T13:11:00.000+01:002015-04-04T13:30:08.035+01:00Build your vocab power! Grrrr!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hi all,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here are a couple of nice resources for all you logophiles (that's a lover of words) to help you build up a stockpile of bombastic terms to wow the examiner!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First, this word wheel is particularly useful for those thoughts and feelings questions in the English Language paper (Q3). Click it to make it bigger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Even better, see the 9-page doc below. Why not print it off and learn as many as you can?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mr M</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">PS. I'm also a bit of a fan of this: <a href="http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/awl.htm" target="_blank">the Academic Word List</a>.</span><br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-11403957539824100872015-04-04T12:59:00.000+01:002015-05-28T13:46:54.059+01:00Analyse This...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here is a good article to practise your skills of language analysis for the English Language paper. There are loads of good language features to discuss here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Don't forget that in the exam the language question (Q4) also involves comparison.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will upload some notes on this text later so you can compare what you found...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here is a reminder of the kind of things you ought to be looking for:</span><br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-87190720920983190892015-04-03T12:15:00.000+01:002015-04-03T12:15:04.763+01:00Post-lesson poetry write ups<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last year, the run-up to the exam was a particularly tight thing. It was speed poetry at its speediest. Because of this, I decided to write a series of post-lesson write ups to ensure that key ideas about each poem didn't get lost in the rush.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This year, we've got more time to prepare properly and to make sure that you've thought about the links between the poems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But I thought it would be useful to put all of those posts together in one place so that you can look at them when you need to. So here they are:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/tuesdays-poem-clown-punk.html" target="_blank">'Give' and 'The Clown Punk' - Simon Armitage </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/les-grands-seigneurs-some-thoughts.html" target="_blank">'Les Grands Seigneurs' by Dorothy Molloy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-ruined-maid-interpretations.html" target="_blank">'The Ruined Maid' by Thomas Hardy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/my-last-duchess-by-robert-browning.html" target="_blank">'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/04/this-weeks-poems-alison-horse-and-deaf.html" target="_blank">'On a Portrait of a Deaf Man' by John Betjeman</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/04/checking-out-me-history-notes-and.html" target="_blank">'Checking Out Me History' by John Agard </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/2014/03/fridays-poem-hunchback-in-park-by-dylan.html" target="_blank">'The Hunchback in the Park' by Dylan Thomas </a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My most popular post is still <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/model-answer-comparing-poems.html" target="_blank">this model answer</a> to a question comparing 'Ozymandias' to 'The River God'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can find lots of other poetry resources by clicking on <a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/character%20and%20voice" target="_blank">'Character and Voice' </a>in the browse by topic menu, here ---------------------------------></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Finally, some links for poems which are not mentioned above. Here are two essential articles on <a href="http://www.sheerpoetry.co.uk/advanced/carol-ann-duffy/notes-on-selected-poems-advanced/medusa" target="_blank">'Medusa'</a> and <a href="http://www.sheerpoetry.co.uk/gcse/daljit-nagra/singh-song" target="_blank">'Singh Song'</a> by the authors themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Happy revision. As always, feel free to get in touch with any questions about the poetry - or the exams in general.</span><br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-86946178449473883982015-04-01T22:00:00.000+01:002015-04-30T14:01:33.536+01:00What do the Lit papers look like?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here are some past papers for your viewing pleasure. Remember, your Literature exams are:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>English Literature Unit 1:</b> Exploring Modern Texts (Of Mice and Men and An Inspector Calls)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>English Literature Unit 2:</b> Poetry Across Time (Poetry Clusters and Unseen Poetry)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is a higher and foundation paper for each exam below. Make sure you pick the right one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/BeverleyHighEng" target="_blank">Please follow us on Twitter.</a> Last year I tweeted out links to past papers - it's quicker and easier than uploading them here - and I'll be doing the same again shortly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anyway, here are some papers. Don't say I never give you anything!</span><br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-38897390241637884132015-04-01T21:41:00.000+01:002015-04-01T21:41:23.652+01:00Poetry Music Videos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Get yourselves back in the mood for poetry by checking out some videos inspired by poems from the Character and Voice cluster:</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/give-by-simon-armitage.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Give, by Simon Armitage</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/les-grands-seigneurs-by-dorothy-molloy.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les Grands Seigneurs, by Dorothy Molloy</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/ozymandias-by-percy-bysshe-shelley.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oxymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mrmuraleeenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-clown-punk-by-simon-armitage.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Clown Punk, by Simon Armitage</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you've made one of your own, please let me know and I'll share it here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here are some links to some other useful resources for poetry revision:</span><br />
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<a href="http://poetrystation.org.uk/search/topics/category/aqa-gcse-voice-and-relationships/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Poetry Station</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetrycharactervoice/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">BBC Bitesize</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've also got plenty of posts on here about the Character and Voice poems. I'll be re-hashing them in the coming days, but in the meantime, just look at the 'browse by topic' menu here ---------></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here are my guides to your three exams. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the coming days, I'll post some past papers so that you can get a feel for each paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Please check the exam dates against your exam timetables and let me know if I've got anything wrong....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've put these guides in the order that you'll sit the papers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope these help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you have any questions about your English exams, please feel free to comment here or ask me via Twitter. </span><br />
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Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-21913838576244252622015-04-01T00:18:00.002+01:002015-04-01T10:05:51.976+01:00Easter Revision<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello Year 11,</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Things have been a bit hectic recently, and with the rush to finish the<i> Of Mice and Men </i>assessment (damn that fire drill!) I didn't really get much time to talk to you all about Easter revision.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now that I've caught up with a bit of sleep and feel half human again, my intention is to do a daily revision blog over the rest of the Easter holidays. Sad, I know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some of the posts will be brand new; others will be salvaged from last year. Make sure you don't miss anything by:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a) Putting your email address into the little 'follow by email' box over here ------></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To kick off, here is my advice about your priorities for revision:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">A major focus for Easter should be poetry. It's been a while since you studied the poems, and when you get back we'll be looking at how to compare them. I've been asked how to approach poetry revision. Here are my suggestions (from easiest to most demanding): </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1) Read the poems (ignore the notes) over and over. This is the MOST IMPORTANT thing you can do.<br />
2) Go over your notes and work in ex. books.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>3) </i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Use BBC Bitesize and this blog.</i></span> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>4) Use the study guide I emailed out.<br />
5) Write up revision notes / cue cards etc. Research suggests that
writing by hand has a greater impact on memory than reading or typing
notes. I've seen some amazing revision notes in form time recently!<br />
6) Fill out comparison grids on pairs of poems (see below).<br />
7) Try a past paper!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's the poetry comparison grid. If you can fill one of these out about a pair of poems, then you will be able to write about them in the exam:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Advice about how to compare poems in the exam:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Coming soon: EXAM GUIDES</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Happy revision (and Easter),</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mr M </span> </div>
Mr_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550517283445562715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225549854210566272.post-85087302842459864752015-01-16T12:21:00.002+00:002015-01-16T12:21:27.714+00:00An Inspector Calls and Modern Britain: Chavs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a link to the book I mentioned: </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.versobooks.com/books/1100-chavs" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class</i> by Owen Jones</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And here are some views about Jones' arguments:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/08/chavs-demonization-owen-jones-review" target="_blank">Guardian review</a> (a left-leaning newspaper)</span><br />
<a href="http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2012/06/peter-cuthbertson-review-chavs-the-demonization-of-the-working-class-by-owen-jones.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A Conservative viewpoint</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/owen-jones-why-chavs-were-the-riots-scapegoats-7697824.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's Owen Jones on the London riots of 2011.</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You're bound to find a good quote or perspective for your conclusion in here, which will help you to explain the enduring relevance of the play.</span><br />
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