Let me say first of all how proud I am in the mature way that you tackled a new assessment format. It bodes well for the year and though I know some of you were disheartened with your result, don't be! The ideas you expressed were of an excellent standard and with a few tweaks to the structures you use to express yourself, you will see your marks rocket.
Here is a quick summary of the key points of the lesson:
The Opening:
A lot of your success......
Year 11 Homework - Writing Assessments
Here are the key points to the on-going Year 11 Homework.
You are going to be asked to write two contrasting pieces: one fiction and one non-fiction as part of your on-going GCSE controlled assessments.
Your fiction piece is going to be a recreation from a poem of your choice (two poems also suggested below), which means you need to use the poem as inspiration.
This could be:
1) Use some lines of the poem to build a new story around.
2) Explore......
10Q1 Thematic Study Homework
The Task
A key skill that is needed to produce high level work in GCSE is the ability to connect thematic concepts between seemingly disparate texts.
As part of developing these skills, you will choose a theme you wish to investigate through 5 types of text.Literature - 1 text with a critical reputation.Music - A selection of 3 songs.Poetry - A selection of 3 poems.Film - 1 filmArt - 2 Piece of art work.
You will complete a weekly journal which notes what you have studied and your findings.
The between the 14th and the 21st October you will be presenting your findings as part of your GCSE......
Back to School - Year 12 / 13 - Dreading it or Loving it?
When reading this post (mainly aimed at teachers but worth reading if you in a particularly reflective mood) written by a Head of English from another school, it quickly turned my thoughts to the experience of moving from Year 11 to 12 (or 12 to 13).
Sadly by about December / January, I begin to hear the rumbles of 'I hate 6th Form', 'What's the point?', 'I should have gone to college', which I really find quite sad. The general complaints I hear......
