Extend your Thinking @ Bishop Justus 6 th Form

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Extend your Thinking @ Bishop Justus 6

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Year 12: AS Level English‘Struggle for Identity in

Modern Literature’Lesson One

Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance, symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights

LQ: Do I understand what the course entails?

Good Progress: Effective discussions leading to relevant ideas and reflections

Excellent progress: Informed ideas leading from productive discussions and reflections

Outstanding progress: Creative, informed and relevant ideas as a group, showing a reflection on the course

information delivered

How much progress will you make today?



th FormLiterary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance, symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights

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Starter: Group Discussion Task

What is a successful English student?

Draw and annotate your ideas on flip chart paper



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Introduction: Individual Note Taking Task

The Course Outline

•You will have 5 hours of English Literature a week. •2 teachers: 2 hours of Poetry(LHM/LMO), 3 hours for Drama, Prose and Wider Reading(EFO/MSA). •You will have 1 exam for Poetry and Wider Reading (2 essays in 2 hours)•You will complete coursework pieces for both Drama and Prose (total 2500 words)



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The Course Outline •One Poetry text: Feminine Gospels by Carol-Ann Duffy •One Prose text: The Colour Purple by Alice Walker (based on the presentation of a chosen theme)•One Drama text: The Crucible by Arthur Miller (comparing an aspect of TCP to TC e.g. identity) •Wider Reading: You will also need to read widely in modern literature which embodies a struggle for identity. This will include some texts but mostly extracts.



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The Course Outline

Unit 1- LTA1Texts in Context

60% of AS, 30% of A Level2 hour written examination (open book)90 marks

LTA1C The Struggle for Identity in Modern Literature



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AO1: Articulate creative, informed and relevant responses to literary texts, using appropriate terminology and concepts, and coherent, accurate written expression

• Communicate relevant knowledge and understanding• Use appropriate terminology to support interpretation• Structure and organise the response • Communicate through expressive and accurate writing



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AO2: Demonstrate detailed critical understanding in analysing the ways in which form, structure and language shape meanings in literary texts

•Identify relevant aspects of form, structure and language Explore how writers shape meaning and create effectsUse specific references to texts to support the response



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AO3: Explore connections and comparisons between different literary texts, informed by interpretations of other readers.

•Explore links and connections between literary texts Communicate understanding of the views expressed in different interpretations or readings



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AO4: Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received

• Communicate understanding of the relationships between literary texts and their contexts

• Comment appropriately on the influence of culture, text type, literary genre or historical period on the ways in which literary texts were written and are received



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• The whole specification is designed to encourage the development of the autonomous reader

• Question 1 invites students to answer a question which includes unprepared material and requires reference to individualised Wider Reading

• Section B offers a choice of open questions which invite students to make their own selection of the relevant poems they wish to write about

• It is therefore the students who set the agenda and choose the relevant material with which to answer the question. The examiner will be judging the relevance and accuracy of those choices



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Exams

60% of AS, 30% of A Level2 hour written examination (open book)90 marks

You will have TWO questions in the exam: 1 Contextual Linking (AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4 )2. Poetry (AO1, AO2, AO3)



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Reading and Interpretation

• You will need to be actively engaged with your texts

• This will allow you to develop informed, personal responses.

• The reader is an active creator – you are the ‘maker of meaning’

• Your experience will influence the way you read a text – this can change over time

• Be aware that some texts are ambiguous and can deliver multiple meanings



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The 8 Struggles

•Gender •Ethnicity •Sexual Orientation •Religion •Cultural Diversity •Class •Discrimination •Alienation and Dislocation



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Main Task: Group Discussion Task

What is a successful English student?

Revisit your ideas and add and adjust what you NOW think is a successful English student!



Outstanding progress: Creative, informed and

relevant ideas well communicated

Good Progress: Effective discussions as a group

Excellent progress: Ideas showing an understanding of

the course content

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Plenary: Class Discussion Task

Present your ideas to the class and set yourself three targets for this year



Good Progress: Effective discussions leading to relevant ideas and reflections

Excellent progress: Informed ideas leading from productive discussions and reflections

Outstanding progress: Creative, informed and relevant ideas as a group, showing a reflection on the course

information delivered

How much progress will you make today?



th FormLiterary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance, symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights

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For next week you MUST have:•Feminine Gospels - Duffy•The Colour Purple – Alice Walker•Folder



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Extend your Thinking @ Bishop Justus 6 th Form