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Evaluation
South
Africa sheet
– The8 Rainbow Nation
After you have tested your skills in the mock exam on pages 160 – 161 in your textbook, fill in the self-assessment
evaluation sheet for each part (the poem and mediation). If you think you need further practice, have a look at the
pages that follow. They will provide you with additional exercises for self-learning.
Sonnet 18 (p. 160)
A Understanding the text
Describing the speaker’s train of thought in a poem
I have no difficulty finding my own words to explain how the speaker’s/author’s thoughts
are developed in the course of a poem/text.
I got the general gist of the poem but had difficulty understanding the language or
certain details.
My description included the requested information but I found it difficult to express
myself in my own words.
I generally have difficulty dealing with poetry and therefore couldn’t complete the task.
B Text analysis
Analysing a poem
I have no difficulty analysing the poem’s structure and explaining how this supports the
main theme.
I had sufficient ideas for my analysis but had difficulty presenting them meaningfully.
It was difficult to find relevant elements to support my analysis of the poem’s structure.
Analysis is generally not my strong point and I struggled with the task at hand.
Poetry is generally not my strong point and I struggled with the task at hand.
C Writing
Writing a comment
I have no difficulty writing a comment.
I had enough arguments for the comment but I had a problem with the structure
(e.g. organising the arguments sensibly and/or finding a good beginning and ending).
I could hardly think of any arguments to support my opinion./I found it difficult to put
forward my point of view.
I generally find writing comments a real challenge. Writing a text of this length is
somewhat problematic for me.
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Mediation: Der echte William Shakespeare (p. 161)
Note-taking for a summary
I understood the text fully so I was able to take notes for a summary in English without
any major problems. I included all the necessary points.
I got the general gist of the text but it took me a long time to decide which points should
be included in my summary.
My summary included all the necessary information but I found it difficult to express
myself in my own words in English.
I missed some important aspects or my notes included unnecessary information.
Therefore I had a problem summarising the text.
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Exam training 8
Sonnet 18 (p. 160)
A Understanding the text
a) What is the structure of a sonnet?
b) Divide the poem up according to this structure and underline the keywords in each part. In note form jot down
what the main idea in each part is (the question, the answer given, the problem the speaker has and finally how
this is overcome).
Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
c) Look back at a) and b) and decide what the main theme of the poem is.
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B Text analysis
Look back at the poem’s structure and your notes from A b), considering how the structure helps to support the main
theme and how it is developed in the course of the sonnet. Describe this in your own words.
C Writing
a) After you have collected different standpoints on the statement, decide what yours is. Find good arguments and
relevant examples to support your opinion. Write notes.
b) Organise your material according to the point of view you wish to get across, starting with the weakest and ending with the strongest argument. Choose the best examples to support your argument.
TIP:
Keep your introduction to a minimum. Remember, too, to always link your statements to the initial question/
task (to avoid digressing) and conclude your comment with a brief summary of all your arguments.
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Mediation: Der echte William Shakespeare (p. 161)
a) Where and when was the article published? What is it about?
b) What historical information is offered about other older portraits? What is the main difference?
c) How did the info relating to authenticity come about? Name all those involved in it being established.
d) How long will it be on show to the public and where? What will visitors see at the show?
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Solutions Exam training 8
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A Understanding the text
a) Shakespearian sonnets consist of fourteen lines: three quatrains where the problem or theme is stated and a
couplet with the resolution of the problem. They are written in iambic parameter. The rhyme scheme of the
quatrains is abab cdcd efef; of the couplet – gg; each line consists of ten syllables. It is the unique form of
Shakespearian sonnets.
b) Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
–Rhetorical question
–Answer: beloved person set apart from summer’s
imperfection with help of imagery and metaphor
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
–The problem: transient summer; some days are too
hot, the others are windy
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
–Solution: this sonnet -> as long as these lines are
written down and are read by people, his beloved
will live in/through this sonnet
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
c) The main theme of the poem is the beloved and the beloved’s love and beauty which should never be forgotten.
B Text analysis
The sonnet starts with a rhetorical question which is answered by setting the beloved person apart from
summer’s imperfection with the help of imagery and metaphor.
The speaker’s problem is the transience of summer, a metaphor for aging and dying: Some days are too hot, the
others are windy. In addition, summer passes and nature starts to fade. The speaker’s wish is that his beloved’s
beauty should never fade and so always be remembered.
This sonnet is itself the poet’s solution to the problem. The speaker says, as long as these lines are written down
and are read by people, his beloved will live in/through this sonnet.
C Writing a comment
Lösungsvorschlag
a)For a number of reasons Shakespeare should still be read:
– to help you to express yourself better while speaking and in writing
– for a better understanding of the connection between history and the present day
– because many proverbs are still used
– Shakespeare’s stories are universal: they can still be understood and applied
– in order to expand your vocabulary
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b)
– people still quote Shakespeare today: “To be or not to be …” from ‘Hamlet’ or “All the world’s a stage”
from ‘As You Like It’
– expanding vocabulary: large number of words are still in use today
– helps to express yourself better in speech and in writing: colourful language, imagery
– better understanding of the connection between history and the present day: inability to understand
things that happened in the past or their influence on the present; hard to find new ideas if you don’t
know which already exist
– Shakespeare’s stories are universal; they can still be understood and applied: love, betrayal, hate, marriage,
friendship, greed, power …
Mediation
a) The ‘Zeit Online’ article from March 2009 says that a privately owned Shakespeare portrait painted by an
unknown artist was put on display to the public in Dartmouth House.
b) Until now only two illustrations of Shakespeare have ever been found that were thought to have captured
his appearance realistically. However, both were painted after Shakespeare’s death.
This one is said to date back to 1610, six years before Shakespeare’s death.
c) The owner of the newly revealed portrait was not sure who the person in the painting really was. It was
presumed that it was perhaps Sir Walter Raleigh, a Shakespeare contemporary. After having found similarities
between his painting and another one, which so far has been regarded as a genuine Shakespeare portrait,
the owner contacted Stanley Wells, president of the Shakespeare Foundation in Stratford, who was at first
sceptical. However, after different universities had examined the picture closely, Wells was convinced that the
painting was most probably the only existing picture of Shakespeare in his lifetime.
d) The painting has been on show to the public in an exhibition in Stratford since Shakespeare’s birthday
(23rd April). The portrait depicts a man wearing typical clothes of his time, a dark and embroidered jacket
and collar. His face is bright – as if illuminated by a source of light.
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