Term 2! Yay!!

Hi girls,


Your essay task, due Wednesday, is:

In what ways and with what effects does Wharton present the uncivilisation of manners?


Be planning!  We will discuss planning this upcoming week.


As for the Examiner Report-

Major concerns of Paper 3:

• Make sure you can assess the effects of poet's techniques.
• Know the genre of your poems, as well as the usual conventions/techniques of each genre
• Be able to comment on the effects, tones and most frequent focuses of each genre
• Notice the sounds - alliterative and assonant.  Harsh?  Melodic?  Smooth?  'Sing-song'?
• Internal rhyme and content/narrator; the combination of these may create the feeling of an additional layer to the song (if it is lyrical / pastoral poetry), very like a harmony.  What is the function of harmony in a song?
• When considering theme, consider at the levels of character, yet also at the varying levels of society: values, morals, status, power, religion, relationship, and of course any moral lessons, or any contextual links to the author's life.
• In wider essay questions, consider the relevance of the quote/statement/question as it would apply to different stages of the book.
• Passage responses should include awareness of character motive/desire.
• In passage responses, evaluate the language & sentence structure.

Major concerns of Paper 4:

• In passage-based, avoid 'line-by-line' commentary; structure a logical argument that journeys your readers to your overall observation through close critical analysis.
• In passage-based, deal with the whole passage.
• Recognise which material is directly relevant and which material is best used as supporting / secondary evidence - stay focused on the concerns of the question!
• Stay focused on language, structure and form. Think about syntax and author choices, and remember to explain effects rather than simply identifying techniques.
• Be controlled; you won't be able to say everything, so choose your best points and make sure you're being strategic about structuring your response.
• Be clear.  Journey the reader.
• Know what / where / or who the main concerns of the text revolves around.

This is what stood out to me upon my first reading.  You may have found more!  In either case, how are we addressing these in our writing?

Apply that to your planning for the next essay!

Have fun,


- T. Marcus