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Y10 - Work Experience Coursework Information
You are writing for the triplet 'To Imagine, Explore and Entertain' -
This is a similar piece to the one based on Bryson completed at the beginning of this year. Your aim is to produce a piece that reflects your experience at the work experience placement in a vivid and engaging manner.
You could write about one incident during the two weeks, or about the experience as a whole, structured chronologically.
The important thing is that it is more than simply a diary - in the A* criteria, it should be 'a pleasure to
read'.
The techniques that we looked at in the lesson before you went on placements, such as irony, sarcasm, exaggeration, imagery and so forth, should help to turn your 'daily log' of notes into something much stronger as a creative piece.
Your first draft of this piece is due on the first lesson back in September and should be around 1500 words - try not to go over 2000 and remember then emphasis is on quality - of vocabulary, structure, accuracy and content.
If you want to get ahead for next year, some reading of 'Othello' would serve you well for September - we'll start with Work Experience talks though, so you could start some preparation for that too.
Aside from that, have a fantastic break and enjoy the sun (when it arrives!)
Y10 - Great Expectations
Handout on "Context of a Gentleman"
If you were away for this handout, you need to read/print it
Again, if you were away, you need to read this and complete the two tasks over half term.
Note that the following links are all to extend your reading and understanding -
they should not be a substitute for your own interpretations, which are vital for attaining top grades.
E-TEXTS:
http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/great-expectations/
Online copy of the novel - useful for finding quotes, as you can set your browser to find a word within an individual chapter
CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION:
A varied selection of resources giving a good introduction to the Victorian context of the novel.
There is a huge selection of resources here dedicated to Dickens.
One paticularly useful page is at http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/ge/gesocov.html
http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/
Modern, informative and up-to-date Dickens site - useful for 'reading around' the novel and a fabulous starting point
to navigate the web's seemingly endless Dickens resources.
CRITICISM:
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/dickens/expectations.html
An excellent introductory essay on the novel and its central themes - including a good discussion on the
subject of the gentleman - more general Dickens information and links on this site can be found at
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/dickens/index.html
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/CD-Forster-9.html#III
John Forster, on Great Expectations
STUDY GUIDES / SUMMARIES:
Note - Quality of information and analysis on these sites is, at best, variable, but there are some useful summaries here.
These are not in any way a substitute for your own reading and interpretations.
Recommended Site: Andrew Moore's Guide to Great Expectations:
Although this is an A-Level guide, it offers consistently astute analysis
of the novel, as well as some useful summaries. Good discussion on 'Gentleman' issues.
http://www.bookrags.com/notes/gex/
Online study guide with some chapter summaries and a few notes on themes
- be careful with quality of some of the analysis here, though.
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/greatex/context.html
Some introductory, student-friendly notes on context of Great Expectations - again, be aware that
some of these 'study guide' sites offer a slightly simplistic view of the novel. Some information on the theme of
advancement is at http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/greatex/themes.html on the same site
Y10 - A View from the Bridge
Coursework Information
A View from the Bridge Coursework Guidance Handout (MS Word)
Selected Links
Please note that these sites offer just one interpretation of the themes and issues presented in the play.
They may give you some basic ideas, but your own interpretation of events and close analysis is vital.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramaviewbridge/index.shtml
http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/drama/viewfromthebridge.htm
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/drama/miller.htm Some Miller links
http://matrix.msu.edu/cls/viewcelebrity?first=Arthur&last=Miller
This last link is a lecture Miller gave in 1989 - you can hear it with RealPlayer.
Y10 - Poems from Different Cultures:
Not My Business
Homework Questions and Extra Context Information (MS Word)
Homework Questions and Context Information (html)
Hurricane Hits England
Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan
Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan (poem)
Comparison Question Example - October 2004
Comparison Question Worksheet (MS Word)
Comparison Question Worksheet (html)
NOTHING'S CHANGED
Background on Tatamkhulu Afrika
BLESSING
Blessing Questions (MS Word Document)
Extra information on Imtiaz Dharker can be found at:
http://india.poetryinternational.org/cwolk/view/23255
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/books/imtiaz_dharker.html
http://www.durhamcityarts.demon.co.uk/festivals/a_imtiaz.htm