Take a read of these fascinating and seasonal articles about Scotland’s horrible history…
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Monthly Archives: October 2019
October Holiday Home Learning updated with correct document – scroll to previous post for access :)
Find your October break home learning here! :)
Troops,
Here’s some important homework that you should do over the October break. Don’t say I’m not good to you! But seriously, we need to develop our analysis / understanding of the Bernard MacLaverty short story ‘A Time To Dance’. Show me how brilliant you are!
First, complete this table by writing the numbers of the quotes into the columns (final page) that you think describe them best. A-Time-To-Dance-Quote-Bank-With-Tasks (2)
Next, do this task, which involves more explanation of the ways the text develops character / theme etc. through techniques such as metaphor, key incident and irony. Completing both is important. Please complete this table. Consider what the author is trying to convey through these features of the text: A Time To Dance Quotes
You can do it!
MrT
A Time To Dance Analysis Resource :)
Scottish Textual Analysis (Carol Ann Duffy) Advice :)
Troops,
Remember, language = word choice, imagery, structure, tone (also alliteration, onomatopoeia etc.)
When you analyse word choice, remember Quote + Explanation/Connotations is the basic word choice answer structure.
If you are going to comment on structure (question, list, parenthesis, ellipsis, short sentence…) then you must state the technique first, then quote, then comment. Your comment needs to be detailed.Imagery analysis = ‘Just as’ (LITERAL ORIGIN ie what is emigration, exactly?) and ‘so too’ (what does it mean in this context (ie what massive changes happen through childhood?). In this example the image comes from Originally ; ” All childhood is an emigration”.
Also, please use the taught structure for the 8 mark question:
Para 1: Commonality (discuss at least two poems in this section) 2 marks
Para 2: Quote from printed passage plus comment 2 Marks
Para 3: Quote from another Duffy poem plus comment 2 Marks
Para 4: Quote from another Duffy poem (this could be the same poem as the one discussed in para 3) plus comment 2 Marks
Keep working hard!
MrT
