AS Lang & Lit : Spoken Language

AS Comms & Culture - Applying semiotics

Billboard poster, London

1. Explain the use of anchorage in this text.

2. Explore the paradigmatic choices made to construct this text.

3. What is the preferred reading of this text?

AS Comms - Practice question 3 (semiotics)

1. Identify and briefly explain the use of icons, indexes and symbols in this text. (6)
Scan the codes below for suggested answers:

Indexes

Icons

 

Symbols

2. Comment on the use of anchorage within this text. (6)

3. How are Arsenal being represented within the text? (8)

AS Lang Lit: the final countdown

Monday 28th April (today): All My Sons revision - focus on Annie
Thursday 1 May: Section A revision (comparative unseen) - lesson as normal
Mon 5th May: bank holiday / no college
Thursday 8th May: timed practice starting @12pm in 1E6. Another chance to sit a whole paper in one go. If you can only come for our normal lesson time (12.35) then do - you choose which part of the exam paper to answer
Mon 12th May: Final AMS revision lesson
Thursday 15th: Final Section A (comparative unseen) revision lesson

Friday 16th May @9.30: ELLA2: the exam

A2 Lit: King Lear - the daughters

I suggest you watch this National Theatre discussion about the three daughters as part of your preparation for Thursday's mock (the focus of which will be on gender, whichever question you choose): click here to watch. It lasts for 36 minutes - definitely worth it!

 

A2 Lit: example Lear questions

A2 Lit - Lear character questions

1. 'A man more sinned against than sinning': Do you agree with this estimation of Lear's character?

2. 'Edmund represents no more than the inevitable fight of the young to claim the world from the old.' Discuss this viewpoint.

3. 'Unlike some antagonists, Edmund has a motive - and it's a motive which secures the sympathy of the modern audience.' To what extent do you agree?

4. 'Goneril and Regan's role in King Lear is purely to enable Lear's downfall. In themselves, there is no development or interest.' Do you agree?

5. 'It is Edgar's journey, not Lear's or Gloucester's, which is most significant for the play.' To what extent do you agree?

6. 'The Fool acts as a dramatic mechanism in the play - he is both the antithesis of Lear and the mirror image of Lear.' To what extent would you argue that this is a valid viewpoint?

 

I suggest you at least create detailed essay plans for the above questions - any essay you write I will of course mark & grade. As a guide, you should be producing an essay (or v detailed essay plan) a week on Lear at the moment.

A2 Literature - Edgar

Here's a link to the prezi used in today's lesson on Edgar: click here.