Troops, the first of your annotated poems, generously supplied by your classmates!  Thank you!

Troops, PLEASE send photos of annotated poems to my work email address:  andrew.thomson@queensferry.edin.sch.uk       🙂

THANK YOU!

Hello,  troops.

Here’s a copy of the five Duffy poems we have covered so far.  All Duffy Poems

Hoping to get photos of some of your best annotated versions for the next post!

Keep working hard.  You can do it.

MrT

A Time To Dance Feedback

🙂  Keep working hard!

Take a read of these fascinating and seasonal articles about Scotland’s horrible history…

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/29/calls-for-memorial-to-scotlands-tortured-and-executed-witches

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/witch-grave-maggie-wall-scotland-518421%3famp

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

ANALYSIS-RESOURCE-A-TIME-TO-DANCE (1)

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

Example answer to the Scottish Text 8 mark Q