Scaffolding Using Sentence Stems
Scaffolding Using Sentence Stems
Par
1
Purpose
•Answer the question
•Contextualise the scene to
be explored
•Provide initial reasons for
your response to the
question
•Provide textual evidence
and technique analysis to
prove your answer
Scaffold
Othello is one of Shakespeare’s fatally flawed heroes because... (briefly outline the
main reasons for his flawed character)
In Act 3 Scene 3... (Contextualise what happens in the scene leading to Othello’s
soliloquy)
The first chance the audience see Othello on his own with his thoughts is when...
(briefly outline what Othello reveals in this soliloquy and why is is an important
moment in the play).
One of the main reasons Othello is so insecure is because... (Outline the most
important reasons Othello is insecure)
The protagonist’s fault is revealed when he says... (Give a quote)
A key technique employed by Shakespeare here is.... (Identify the technique/s used
and explain their effect in proving your answer to the question)
This fatal flaw of Othello’s... (re-answer the question and predict where Othello’s
downwards spiral will lead)
Language
Technical language
excessive pride
hubris
hamartia
weakness
nobility
popularity
jealousy
outsider
Language of cause
and effect
creates a sense of
generates
engenders
resonating with the
audience
Language of
representation
juxtaposes
illustrates
depicts
portrays
Language of
opinion
fundamental to
a key reason
Scaffolding Using Sentence Stems
Par
2
Purpose
•Answer the question
•Detail the final reasons for
your answer to the question
•Provide textual evidence
and technique analysis to
prove your answer
Scaffold
It is obvious to audiences that... (briefly outline another reason or two for Othello’s
flawed character)
In Othello’s soliloquy he divulges... (explain what other insecurities are revealed to
the audience and why these make Othello fatally flawed)
This soliloquy is fundamental in proving Othello’s fatal flaw as... (Outline the other
reasons this soliloquy is important)
The audience bear witness to Othello’s fragility and humanity when... (Give a
quote that Othello says that proves he is flawed)
A key technique employed by Shakespeare here is.... (Identify the technique/s used
and explain their effect in proving your answer to the question)
Othello’s insecurities will eventually... (re-answer the question and predict where
Othello’s downwards spiral will lead)
Language
Technical language
excessive pride
hubris
hamartia
weakness
jealousy
outsider
self-esteem
dramatic irony
differences
Language of cause
and effect
can lead to
culminates in
consequences of
thus
evoking feelings of
Language of
representation
cements
presents
highights
Language of
opinion
undeniably
essential to
Scaffolding Using Sentence Stems