Analytical Writing

In class we have been exploring bias through looking at two newspapers’ treatment of the same issue. The students had to explore the following questions in relation to the attached articles:

As preparation for developing a piece of extended analytical writing in relation to the novel Of Mice and Men, the students explored a range of dimensions of s self-selected character and then wrote paragraphs to express their conclusions. To follow are some drafts of these paragraphs, written by students that we annotated for improvement as […]

After yesterday’s brilliant in-class dramatisation of characters from Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, everyone spent today exploring facets of a selected character – creating a compilation of information gleaned by exploring the diverse methods Steinbeck uses to reveal his characters. Everyone followed the following lines of inquiry in relation to their selected character We then […]

Alex’s Spoken Language study piece provides a good representation of what a student who is achieving higher grades needs to pursue to improve further. It’s also useful as a reference point for those working towards such grades. Here is his original work with teacher annotations. You can also visit his blog to see the process he […]

Futility by Wilfred Owen The title, Futility, is the key to unlocking the deeper meaning of this intensely personal poem by Wilfred Owen. Owen, a young soldier who served in the trenches of World War I, writes in these seemingly simple lines of coming across a recently-dead soldier in an open field. He writes of […]

To follow is an example of what is possible in this assessment. Your question this year is different, however the topic area is the same. This will give you some idea of how the answer can be structured and developed. My comments should assist you to identify what the assessment criteria is looking for in this Controlled […]

In class today, everyone made a start on answering the following question. The homework is to complete this, on your personal blog, as a test of the swiftness of the response you will get from me to any work you do there.   QUESTION: How do spoken language and text language influence each other? Make […]

Today everyone had a go at writing a paragraph to explain a unique feature of spoken language from their own dialogues. Everyone made an excellent effort. After reading these in class we identified the the main areas for development. These were: Specific examples in the form of quotations were needed The examples needed to be […]