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Resource 1.1
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Who might this have been written for?
What might be happening?
Where might it be taking place?
When might the music have been written?
Why might the music have been written?
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Resource 1.2a
Prompts for annotating song lyrics
The title of this
song makes
me think . . .
The effect of the
opening line of
this song is . . .
This section of
the song . . .
I think the lyricist
now feels
that . . .
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Resource 1.2b
Prompts for annotating song lyrics
These words
suggest . . .
The effect of the
final lines of
the song is . . .
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Resource 1.3
Prompts for the lyricist’s journal
• I chose the word … in the first line
because…
• The phrase …… was used to show…
• When I wrote this song, I was feeling…
• This is reflected in phrases such as…
• The effect I wanted to achieve was…
• The ideas I wished to express were…
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Resource 2.1a
Word connotations
She had a dark secret in her
past
A dark expression crossed
his face
DARK
By telling me nothing, they
kept me in the dark
The night was dark and
dismal
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Resource 2.1b
Word connotations
Blue sky
The music had a blue note
BLUE
He was in a blue mood
Blue for a boy, pink for a girl
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Resource 2.1c
Word connotations
The kitten’s fur was soft
He had a soft heart
SOFT
The country was a soft
target for terrorists
The autumn sky was bathed
in soft light
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Resource 2.1d
Word connotations
The snooker table was flat
By the end of the week he
was flat broke
FLAT
After the visitors went, the
girl felt flat
She spoke in a flat tone of
voice
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Resource 2.1e
Word connotations
He met a distant cousin at
the wedding
Her manner was very
distant
DISTANT
He travelled to a distant
land
It had happened in the
distant past
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Resource 2.2a
Extracts from Great Expectations
Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within,
as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most
vivid and broad impression of the identity of things,
seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw
afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for
certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was
the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish,
and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and
buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham,
Tobias and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were
also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness
beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and
mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it,
was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond
was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which
the wind was rushing, was the sea; and that the small
bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to
cry, was Pip.
Resource 2.2b
Extracts from Great Expectations
The marshes were just a long, black, horizontal line then,
as I stopped to look after him; and the river was just
another horizontal line, not nearly so broad nor yet so
black; and the sky was just a row of long, angry, red lines
and dense black lines intermixed. On the edge of the
river I could faintly make out the only two black things in
all the prospect that seemed to be standing upright; one
of these was the beacon by which the sailors steered –
like an unhooped cask upon a pole – an ugly thing when
you were near it; the other a gibbet, with some chains
hanging to it which had once held a pirate. The man was
limping on towards this latter, as if he were the pirate
come to life, and come down, and going back to hook
himself up again.
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Resource 2.3a
Ours was the marsh
country, down by the
river, within, as the river
wound, twenty miles of
the sea. My first most
vivid and broad
impression of the identity
of things, seems to me to
have been gained on a
memorable raw afternoon
towards evening.
Suggests cold,
painful, exposed
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Resource 2.3b
At such a time I found out for certain, that
this bleak place overgrown with nettles was
the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of
this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the
above, were dead and buried; and that
Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias
and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid,
were also dead and buried; and that the
dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard,
intersected with dykes and mounds and
gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it,
was the marshes; and that the low leaden
line beyond was the river; and that the
distant savage lair from which the wind was
rushing, was the sea; and that the small
bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and
beginning to cry, was Pip.
Implies remote,
uninviting,
unpleasant
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Resource 2.4
Using the PEE chain
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• Point
Dickens uses a range of adjectives to
create an impression of the marsh
country in the reader’s mind.
• Evidence
The use of the word ‘raw’…
• Explanation/exploration
…suggests that both Pip and the
landscape are cold, exposed and
vulnerable.
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Resource 3.1
Fact or opinion?
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Ice is frozen water.
Paris is the capital city of France.
Blondes have more fun.
Playing chess is more difficult than playing football.
The battle of Hastings was fought in 1066.
Smoking cigarettes reduces life expectancy.
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have
loved at all.
• When the sun is shining everyone is happier.
• Vanilla ice cream tastes better than chocolate ice cream.
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Resource 3.2
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Opinion
Suggests
weather is
hot and
sunny which
everyone
would enjoy.
Fact
You could
check
whether
the hotel
has this
rating.
Resource 5.1a
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argument
counter-argument
evidence
statistical evidence
assertion
topic sentence
illustration
bias
• Presenting as a fact something
that is believed to be true.
• Personal beliefs that colour the
way an argument is presented.
• The first sentence of a
paragraph. It informs the
reader what the paragraph will
be about.
• An opposing case or claim
made in a piece of text.
• Numerical data used in
support of an argument.
• Expansion of the point using
further evidence.
• The case or claim made in a
piece of text.
• Information given to support an
argument.
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Resource 5.1b
1. argument
2. counter-argument
3. evidence
4. statistical evidence
5. assertion
6. topic sentence
7. illustration
8. bias
1. The case or claim made in a
piece of text.
2. An opposing case or claim
made in a piece of text.
3. Information given to support
an argument.
4. Numerical data used in
support of an argument.
5. Presenting as a fact
something that is believed to
be true
6. The first sentence of a
paragraph. It informs the
reader what the paragraph will
be about.
7. Expansion of the point using
further evidence.
8. Personal beliefs that colour
the way an argument is
presented.
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Resource 5.2a
How successful has the author been in
presenting the argument?
Beginning:
• What is the first point of the author’s
argument?
• What is the effect of the opening
sentence?
• How has the writer used language to
promote this viewpoint?
• What other points is the author making in
this part of the text?
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Resource 5.2a
How successful has the author been in
presenting the argument?
Middle:
• How has the writer used signposts to
continue the argument?
• What evidence has been used to support
the writer’s main points?
• Can you find evidence of bias?
• How have facts and opinions been used to
influence the reader?
• Has the author used counter-argument?
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Resource 5.2a
How successful has the author been in
presenting the argument?
End:
• Has the author summarised the points of
the argument?
• How has the writer used language to
reinforce the main points?
• What is the overall impact on the reader?
• What is the effect of the final line?
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