YEAR 12 LESSON FORTY-EIGHT/FORTY-NINE [8th/9th April 14]: Homework

The first session was a one hour lesson exploring issues relating to the coursework. The coursework needs a precise comedy focus and the content of the lesson was aimed at sharpening the critical focus of the written work. Discussion involved:

• A consideration of how the allusions to Shakespeare and the conventions of Shakespearean comedy allow Butterworth to shape meaning. Reference was also made to the symbolic significance of location - a location that reflects the magical location used by Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night's Dream - and how this magical world needs to be juxtaposed with the adult world of Flintock and the fact that the local council want to replace Rooster's Wood with a housing estate.
• A consideration of how Byron's language signals his evolution form crude and simplistic comedic stock character to  the more magical and supernatural character of the later stages of the play. Students were encouraged to explain how the movement from literal/functional language to a more metaphorical and figurative style of language is used by Butterworth to shape meaning.
• A consideration of the 'Dawn moment' and how this allows Butterworth to change the tone of the play from comedic to mysterious. 
• A consideration of the significance of the final scene and how this could be considered tragic rather than comedic.

The second session continued to consider issues relating to JERUSALEM before moving into a consideration of how to structure a response when considering Section B of the examination. The question considered by the class was the past question:

WRITE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AS IT IS USED BY EACH OF THE THREE WRITERS YOU HAVE STUDIED.

The class modelled a one paragraph response to this question linking Gatsby to the Mariner. The second paragraph could have linked Auden to Gatsby/Mariner. SECTION B EXPECTS STUDENTS TO LINK THE TEXTS. Note the photographs of today's modelling. Note how the texts are linked.
REMEMBER...SECTION B expects students to access ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES 1/2/3.....Students DO NOT have to access AO4....this is the context assessment objective.
SO THE ASSESSMENT FOCUS IS:

1. Clarity of written expression.
2. How does language structure and form shape meaning.
3. Different readings. Show an awareness of different interpretations of the text.

HOMEWORK: We have two weeks to complete coursework and recent drafts suggest that we still have a lot of work to do to make the coursework detailed and precise. Students should email me further drafts and i will respond asap with a detailed response.

I WILL BE OFFERING A REVISION SESSION ON THURSDAY..12 til 2 ish....longer if required.

STUDENTS NEED TO BE READING ALL THE TEXTS. STUDENTS WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A SOPHISTICATED RESPONSE IF THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TEXT.

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