The aim of this session was to encourage students to provide A Level detail when producing a written response. This is a MASSIVE jump from GCSE and students need to develop an awareness of the expectation that drives the written work. The critical focus of this session was the question:
HOW DOES FITZGERALD REPRESENT GATSBY IN THE OPENING CHAPTER?
Students were encouraged to identify key quotes that would allow the construction of a detailed A Level paragraph and tstudents were also encouraged to consider author's aim. The area of written work that needs to improve is the ability of students to CLEARLY EXPLAIN HOW SPECIFIC TEXTUAL REFERENCE REINFORCES THEIR CRITICAL OPINION. This has been the weak area of the recent written work. The lesson concluded with a 15 minute written task.
HOMEWORK: I expect ALL students to have read the text. Next lesson we will be examining the two 'social occasions' in the first two chapters. The party in Chapter Two is an alcoholic and violent affair. What do we learn about Myrtle? How would you describe the representation of women in the first two chapters? What do we learn about Carraway? What do we learn about Tom? Lots of discussion will take place in the next session and I expect all students to arrive at the lesson stuffed full of opinion.
Digest these resources. THEY ARE SUPERB....they are just a bloke's opinion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9Au9OoN88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0WZ8-0Z1Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehjTS6AhMJ8
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