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Unit 1,
Reading Read the extract & answer the
questions (1, 2 and 3) Complete a
piece of writing in the same style. (4) Homework 1: Make
Poverty History Higher:
2. Identify 5 techniques used by the writer to achieve his or her purpose. 3.
Identify the writerŐs purpose in using facts and opinions in
each of paragraphs 2, 3 & 7. (Separate PQC paragraphs required) 4.
Using
the techniques you have identified, write a short article to promote a
meeting in St PeterŐs to discuss a campaign to make school uniform history. Foundation: 1. Identify the purpose(s) of the website and
find a quotation to support this. 2. Identify 3 techniques used by the writers to achieve their purpose. 3. Select 3 facts and opinions
from the text. Present these in a table. (Choose one fact and one opinion and
explain how it helps the writers achieve their purpose?) 4. Using the techniques you have identified, write your own short article
persuading people to attend a meeting in St PeterŐs to discuss a campaign to
make school uniform history.
[Last year the questions were as follows. However, the syllabus has now changed!!
Read
the article and complete the following tasks: |
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Unit 1,
Reading Read both
items. Answer the questions,
comparing both items. (Link to H/W Texts – Higher and Foundation) Foundation
Questions: Read Item 1: 1. Name 5 things teenagers have done? 2. What are the teenagersŐ two main purposes
in setting up SAAB? Read Item 2: 3. How does the writer of the article use
language to try and interest the reader? Write about four different examples
of language use. Now look at Item 1 and 2 together: 4. Compare
the ways in which the two
articles use pictures and other presentational devices for effect? Consider: á
the
pictures and their effects á
other presentational
devices Higher Questions: Read Item 1: 1. Explain why the three Australians set up
ÔSkateistanŐ. Read Item 2: 2.
How
does the writer of the article use language to suit his purposes? Now look at Item 1 and 2 together: 3. Compare
the ways in which images
are used for effect in each article. |
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3 |
Unit 1,
Reading Practice
paper: write about the three items. (Higher paper or Foundation paper.)
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4 |
Unit 1,
Writing Complete a
longer writing task and shorter writing task Shorter writing task: Imagine that you are going to
do work experience in a Wildlife Park or another visitor attraction. Write a letter to the
Personnel Manager introducing yourself and informing him or her about what job you would like to do and why. Longer writing task: Teenagers
are often criticised in the media. Write an article for your local newspaper
newspaper arguing why this is often unfair. |
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5 |
Unit 1,
Writing Complete a
longer writing task and shorter writing task Shorter writing
task: Write a letter persuading your Headteacher to find more ways to make
your school or college environmentally friendly. Longer writing task: Childhood
memories can be very important. Choose one childhood memory. Describe
the
memory and explain its importance to you. |
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6 |
Unit 1,
Literature: The novel Analyse an
extract from the novel and complete a question on the novel as a whole. Your teacher will give you further
details. |
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7 |
Unit 1,
Literature: The novel Analyse an
extract from the novel and complete a question on the novel as a whole. Your teacher will give you further
details. |
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8 |
Unit 1,
Literature: The novel Discuss
the importance of one or two characters in the novel you are studying. Your teacher will give you further
details. |
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9 |
Unit 1,
Literature: Short stories Write an
essay analysing two short stories Higher: Answer both parts (a) and (b). Part (a) Write about the ways Baines
uses the symbols of the compass and the torch to convey important ideas in Compass and Torch. Part (b) Go on to write about the ways
in which symbolism is used in one other story from the Anthology. (30 marks) Foundation: Answer both parts (a) and (b). Part (a) Baines chooses to call her
story Compass
and Torch. Write about:
Part (b) Choose one other story where you think
the title is effective. Write about:
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10 |
Unit 1,
Literature: Short stories Write an
essay analysing two short stories Higher: Answer both parts (a) and (b). Part (a) ÔChildren are never
completely innocentÉŐ How do you respond to this
view of the ways in which children are presented in When the Wasps Drowned? Part (b) Go on to write about the ways
in which children are presented in one other story in the Anthology. (30 marks) Foundation: 0 2 Answer both parts (a) and (b). Part (a) How are the children
presented in When the Wasps Drowned? Write about:
Part (b) Choose one other story where children
are important. Write about: á what the children are like and
why they are important in the story á the methods Wigfall
uses to show what the children are like. (30 marks) |
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11 |
Create a series
of detailed plans about key features/themes in the short stories |
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12 |
Mock exam
for Unit 1, Literature, Section A and Section (Link to January 2011 Exam, Higher or Foundation)
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