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Hello Y11
Well done for working through the heat today.
You should know the text very well by now. You should also know the quotes that you are going to use for your essay. We will sit this assessment in the week between work experience and half term.

For your homework you need to write two PEE+ paragraphs. This should be at least 500 words of analysis (remember not to tell the story. 

Your title is:

Explore the ways that Lennie is presented and explored in Of Mice and Men.

We have looked in detail at the progression of Lennie's violence, but also how the audience remain sympathetic to Lennie. Steinbeck creates this sympathy - how? The murder of Curley's wife helps our understanding Lennie. Whilst she 'flop(s) like a fish' we are concerned about Lennie and fearful for his future. Here is the Powerpoint we looked at in class; look at the very clear success criteria for the paragraphs. The explanation is not written in, but you should look at what you have to do and write it yourself. Ensure you have quotes from other parts of the novella in your analysis. Technical issues have now been resolved and you can access PPt here It is also available in the Student Shared area.
We will then peer assess on Monday morning. We then only have one more lesson before the CA...

Enjoy the sunshine this weekend.

Ms  

Homework

Find one quote of natural description and include at least 150 words of analysis. Youshould include:

• where it comes in the novel (including pg number)
• use of light,
• symbolism
• notes on the grammatical features

This needs to be in on Monday ready to be used in the lesson.
Ms

Hello Y10

I hope you're now settled in to life as a Y11 student. This year will pass extraordinarily quickly so it's imperative that you focus immediately and get to work. You have done well at this this term. 

Last week we started reading Of Mice and Men, an excellent novel. We will finish reading it this week. As I said in class, you will have a Controlled Assessment on this book and you will answer a question on it in your final English Literature exam. Therefore, it is important that you read and re-read the book. 

You need to come to Monday's lesson having read to the end of Section 3. Look at the questions on page 62, though I don't need you to write written answers.  We'll consider the questions together in class.

Finally, please remember our first lesson of the year on talent and hard word. Hard work is what makes people succeed, as Michael Jordan says, don't make excuses...

Ms Caldwell

Well Done!

Hello Y10
I want to say how very impressed I and Mrs Dolan have been at the way you have approached your Spoken Language study and the range of pressures that have been on you this year. Well done.

You have also matured over the year and are ready for the challenges of Y11. You will not believe how quickly this time next year will come around!

I am very much looking forward to teaching you next academic year. You do deserve a lovely holiday - I hope you all enjoy the break.

READ! (reading list is being made at the moment)

Best wishes,
Ms Caldwell

PEE+

Hi Y10

I hope the Physics exam went well.

Excellent work this week. Some of you still have work to do so ensure that you get everything you need over the weekend. This is your homework; if you've already done a lot of preparation for this, then you don't have much homework. If you haven't, then you've got much to do over the weekend!

Remember, it's only 1000 words. You just need a few things in order to talk about them at length, but they need to be of high-quality so you can talk about them in detail. It is a bit like the layers of meaning that we focussed on so much in the previous Controlled Assessment.. You MUST give a detailed comment on issues surrounding spoken language.

Here is the PowerPoint from the lesson (it includes a paragraph on Sports Commentary).

Look below for details of the Assessment.

There is also the video from Wednesday's cover (for RM) lesson below.

Any worries? Leave a comment.

Ms :)

GCSE English Language Unit 3Spoken Language Study
Controlled Assessment Criteria
A02
Understand variations in spoken language, explaining why language changes in relation to contexts.Evaluate the impact of spoken language choices in their own and others’ use.
Band 5
‘Sophisticated, perceptive analysis and evaluation of aspects of how they and others use and adapt spoken language for specific purposes
Impressive’ sustained and sophisticated interpretations of key features found in spoken language data Sophisticated analysis and evaluation of key issues arising from public attitudes to spoken language varieties.
Band 4 Confident/ assured explanation and analysis of how they and others use and adapt spoken language for specific purposes
Confident analysis and reflection on features found in some spoken language data confident analysis of some issues arising from public attitudes to spoken language varieties.
Band 3
‘Clear, Consistent’ explanation of how they and others use and adapt spoken language for specific purposes
Exploration of features found in some spoken language data exploration of some issues arising from public attitudes to spoken language varieties.
Band 2
‘Some’ some awareness of how they and others use and adapt spoken language for specific purposes some understanding of significant features found in some spoken language datasome awareness of public attitudes to spoken language varieties.
Band 1
‘Limited’ limited awareness of how they and others use and adapt spoken language for specific purposes description of a limited range of features to be found in some spoken language data limited awareness of public attitudes to spoken language varieties.


Notes:
1. The phrase ‘spoken language’ here refers to the range of texts which are possible in each of the three categories.
2. Data here can take different forms, such as transcripts, recordings, journalism etc.

Wednesday's Cover lesson

Some articles...

Hello Y10

Lots of you are working really well. This is an independent study focus so you really are showing your skills/ competencies that will serve you well in future study and beyond. 

If you have not got a range of documents, you need to address this urgently. We are going to begin writing our arguments later this week and next ready to write this up formally the week after.

A reminder that you must have transcripts that you have listened to, ergo, have transcribed yourself. You cannot just have transcripts that you have downloaded. These are not transcripts, but scripts.

Here are a few things to help you along:

• the powerpoint from last lesson
• an article on Texting reducing attention spans
• an article on Mutli-modal speech destroying the written words
• a transcript of 1930s children being taught how to speak on the telephone

If you find any articles that are useful, use the comments to share this information. For example, NZ was looking at an article on Hip Hop and changes to language that I would like to read...

LOOK AT THESE FILMS: This is a useful short film about accents, accents and dialect, texting is good for language (this is actually excellent), how the internet changes langauge. If you search Davis Crystal in YouTube it bring up lots of wonderful little films for you. Mkae sur eyou reference these though so save them to your favourites and write down the address.

Here is the teacher in my pocket who gives some guidance on spoken language study; although this is for a different specification, it is really useful for those of you doing political speeches.

If you are stuck in any way, leave a comment.

Ms