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CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART
LQ: Do I understand how successful students approach Section 1
of the exam?
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context, struggle presented, comparative language
CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART
LQ: Do I understand how successful students approach Section 1
of the exam?
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OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I understand how to structure my essay, have
an ideal ways to write analytical paragraphs and understand how to link
to wider reading - based on successful students’ scripts
EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I understand how to structure my essay, have an
ideal ways to write analytical paragraphs - based on successful students’
scripts
GOOD PROGRESS: I understand how to structure my essay - based on
successful students’ scripts
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context, struggle presented, comparative language
Quick Quiz:
1. How long is the exam in the summer?
2. What % of your AS does it affect?
3. How many sections are there to the exam?
4. On what does each section focus?
5. What should you include in your wider reading?
6. How are the AOs weighted in each section?
7. Where does THINGS FALL APART fit into the exam?
EXT: What preparation is needed to succeed in Section 1
in the Summer?
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KEY RECOMMENDATIONS from the examiner’s report
at least a third and up to a half of the response should be
devoted to analysis of the passage
LITA1C analysis of the passage. It is perfectly acceptable for
candidates to focus on the extract for the first half of their
answer, then spend the second half writing about their
relevant wider reading. However, more confident and
sophisticated candidates will produce integrated responses in
which their comments on theextract and their wider reading
comparisons are interwoven throughout the answer.
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KEY RECOMMENDATIONS from the examiner’s report 2013
As ever, the extracts used in Question 1 will relate to at least one of these
key areas of the
Struggle for Identity:
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Sexual Orientation
• Religion
• Cultural Diversity
• Class
• Discrimination
• Self-knowledge and Autonomy
• Alienation and Dislocation
• Issues of Inequality caused by all or any of the above
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context, struggle presented, comparative language
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS from the examiner’s report
Unfortunately, some candidates only cite two genres when
referring to their Wider Reading. They should
refer to prose, poetry and drama. Omitting a genre will limit
the mark awarded to a candidate – and merely mentioning the
title of a text in passing cannot be credited as an acceptable
wider reading reference.
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context, struggle presented, comparative language
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS from the examiner’s report
Similarly, some candidates struggle to move beyond re-telling
the story when attempting to establish links to their wider
reading. Plot-based links may take candidates into Band 2 for
Assessment Objectives 3 and 4, but to access the
higher bands of the mark scheme they need to use relevant
quotations and explore the ways writers use form, structure
and language to create effects in the wider reading texts.
So you need to start LEARNING SOME WIDER READING
QUOTATIONS!!!
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KEY RECOMMENDATIONS from the examiner’s report
To sum up, in answering Question 1 successful candidates will:
• explore the ways the writer’s thoughts and feelings about aspects of
the Struggle for Identity are presented in the extract
• establish a range of links between the extract and their wider reading
• Quote from their wider reading
•
• refer to all three literary genres when writing about their wider
reading, commenting on the writers’ choices of form, structure and
language, as well as subject matter.
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context, struggle presented, comparative language
In pairs or groups, look
closely at the exemplar
scripts.
Highlight the different
AOs in different
colours.
EXT: Can you take tips
from the style of the
writing?
OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I
understand how to structure my essay,
have an ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs and understand how to
link to wider reading - based on
successful students’ scripts
EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I understand
how to structure my essay, have an
ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs - based on successful
students’ scripts
GOOD PROGRESS: I understand how to
structure my essay - based on
successful students’ scripts
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context, struggle presented, comparative language
Discuss as a class our
findings.
What is similar about
the successful scripts?
Can we now use the
essay to create its
original essay plan?
EXT: Can you improve
the responses?
OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I
understand how to structure my essay,
have an ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs and understand how to
link to wider reading - based on
successful students’ scripts
EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I understand
how to structure my essay, have an
ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs - based on successful
students’ scripts
GOOD PROGRESS: I understand how to
structure my essay - based on
successful students’ scripts
sophisticated language, topic sentence, developed analysis, analytical terminology,
context, struggle presented, comparative language
Mini-plenary:
What is the ideal
SUCCESSFUL essay
structure to respond to
the unseen in Section 1?
OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I
understand how to structure my essay,
have an ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs and understand how to
link to wider reading - based on
successful students’ scripts
EXT: can you think of a
mnemonic to remember
the ideal planning
structure?
EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I understand
how to structure my essay, have an
ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs - based on successful
students’ scripts
GOOD PROGRESS: I understand how to
structure my essay - based on
successful students’ scripts
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context, struggle presented, comparative language
Now change groups.
In your new group –
focus on the structure
of each paragraph.
How are they
constructed?
Identify the points,
quotations, effects,
context, links,
interpretations….
OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I
understand how to structure my essay,
have an ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs and understand how to
link to wider reading - based on
successful students’ scripts
EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I understand
how to structure my essay, have an
ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs - based on successful
students’ scripts
GOOD PROGRESS: I understand how to
structure my essay - based on
successful students’ scripts
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context, struggle presented, comparative language
None of these scripts use a
basic PETER structure to
their paragraphs…
SO PETER IS DEAD, LONG
LIVE …?
What are we learning IS an
ideal structure for our
paragraphs?
EXT: can you design an
effective mnemonic to
replace PETER?
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BRINGING IT ALL
TOGETHER
Share findings as a
class.
Can we agree on:
1. The ideal structure
to an essay?
2. The ideal paragraph
structure?
3. How to we prepare
for the exam in the
Summer?
OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I
understand how to structure my essay,
have an ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs and understand how to
link to wider reading - based on
successful students’ scripts
EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I understand
how to structure my essay, have an
ideal ways to write analytical
paragraphs - based on successful
students’ scripts
GOOD PROGRESS: I understand how to
structure my essay - based on
successful students’ scripts