Reminder of your deadlines, too:
- Dissertation Plans due in Friday 1st September 2017.
- First draft of dissertations due in Monday 23rd October 2017.
- Final draft of dissertations due Monday 8th January 2018.
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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Plath – Arrival of the Bee Box Annotations
Example Advanced Higher work
Afternoon dears,
Have a look at the SQA’s Understanding Standards website – it’s got example scripts and commentary from markers, so you can see what kind of thing scores well, and what needs more work.
This will help prepare you for your Literary Study essay next week.
http://www.understandingstandards.org.uk/Subjects/English/advanced/LiteraryStudy
Plath – Arrival of the Bee Box
Hello folks,
Tomorrow, I’ll be out of class at an appointment. While I’m away, I’d like you to discuss, analyse and take notes on ‘Arrival of the Bee Box’.
Here’s some tips to get you started:
Arrival of the Bee Box
In this poem, Plath’s speaker expresses a desire to be in control, and feels she has to deal with a dangerous situation.
At first she is not in control. She panics. She has a debate with herself and then she makes a calm decision.
As you analyse the poem, remember to focus on PROSODY as well as her use of language:
- Alliteration
- Consonance
- Sibilance
- Onomatopoeia
- Assonance
- Rhyming
- Internal Rhyme
- Cross Rhyme
- Rhythm
Plath annotations – Sleep in the Mojave Desert
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Dissertation Plans
Hello folks,
Below is the Dissertation Plan template, I’d like you to use, and I’ve also included an example one to help you. Try and keep a clear focus on the theme/concepts you want to explore. Don’t try to do too much!
Plath – Blackberrying Annotations
Hello folks,
Please update your notes on ‘Blackberrying’ with the annotations below – we’ll be going over this in class today.
Portfolio marking guidelines
Hello folks,
Below is the marking guidelines for portfolio pieces, both creative and discursive. You should have a look at these and familiarise yourself with them, particularly when working on your own folio pieces.
As you look at the exemplars today, try and consider why those pieces scored what they did.
Read It In Your Own Terms 