AS Literature - Look We Have Coming to Dover!

A2 LL coursework 1-1

Monday 1st Feb:

10.30 - Hollie
11.00 - Kamil
11.30 - Charlie
12.00 - Jess
1.30 - Blaize

Wednesday 3 Feb:

11.00 - Keya
11.30 - Sophie
12.00 - Gabriel
12.30 - Chakade

Thursday 4 Feb:

10.30 - Dannika

Please come to 1C2a with a print out of your essay, a pen & your texts.

If your name is not above then we will be having our 1-1 in our lesson on Thursday.

AS Literature - poems we have studied so far (end of our lesson on 29 Jan)

AS Lit: advice for the mock exam

Our mock exam for Literature will be next Friday (5th February), in our normal classroom.

 

It will run from 11.20 - 1.20pm.

 

Remember that our lesson time is different for next week only - we won't break for lunch but will finish at 1.20 instead of 2.20pm.

 

You will need to bring your poetry text and Streetcar.

 

The exam is structured as follows:

 

Section A: Poetry (24 marks)

 

There will be two questions, you choose one of them to answer
Remember that the question will name a poem you must write about, and then you must choose another poem which would work well in comparison
Read the question (the topic/theme) carefully!

 

You are being assessed on how well you:

• provide close textual analysis (with accurate literary terminology)
• compare your two poems

Section B: Streetcar (48 marks)

 

In the mock there will be one question for you to answer.
{In the real exam, there will be two & you choose one}

 

You are being assessed on how well you:

• offer interpretations in relation to the question
• show an appreciation of the influence of context on the text
• analyse Williams' techniques in creating his drama

Because Streetcar is weighted so much more heavily (it is worth twice as many marks!),
you should divide your time accordingly. I suggest:

• 45 mins on the Poetry question
• 75 mins on the Streetcar question

How to revise:

• re-read the poems we have studied so far & your notes
• focus on a) key ideas each poem is exploring b) literary devices used to create meaning
• re-read the two formal assessments you did in the first term
• re-read the two pieces of written homework you have done for me on Streetcar
• go through your notes from Friday's lesson (29th January)
• skim-read Streetcar

AS Comms - advice for the mock exam

Our Comms mock will be next Thursday (4 Feb), 2.30 - 4.15pm, in our normal teaching room.

 

There will be no break between lessons, but the class will finish once the mock is over (so you can leave early!)

 

• You will be sitting a complete past paper.
• 4 questions - each equally weighted (20 marks per question)
• You should spend 25 minutes on each question (I suggest 5 mins reading the question carefully & planning; 20 minutes writing)

 

Question 1: Culture (drawing on my side of the course)
Question 2: Identity & self-presentation (drawing on Helen's side of the course)
Question 3: Semiotics (my side of the course)
Question 4: Synoptic question drawing on whole course

 

Remember that Question 3 is different in structure to the others. It is divided into 3 or 4 questions. I suggest you go back and look at the Qu 3 we did for practice before Christmas (Dig for Shakespeare), and Leanne's excellent answer, which we went through in class.

 

To prepare for the mock, you need to:

 

• revise key theories (and examples of how you would apply them)
• revise key terminology (including semiotics)
• go through the formal assessments you have done for me & Helen in the first term & remind yourself of your targets

Your homework this week is to revise!


Good luck!

 

AS Literature - study guides for Streetcar

Check this out - some useful analysis & questions for Streetcar: study guide


You may also find this useful: character study guide

Remember that this is an interpretation - feel free to disagree!

AS Literature - The poems we have studied so far

A2 LL - Romanticism

AS Comms & Culture: Multiculturalism

Make notes on the different viewpoints offered as you watch.

AS Literature - Streetcar scene 6

'Boys Beware': 1961 propaganda film

AS Literature - Find out when you are teaching your poetry lesson!

Ros Barber: Material – Oye & Ikram 

Friday 15 January

Tishani Doshi: The Deliverer – Emily & Ellie & Jana Friday 15 January

Roderick Ford: Guiseppe – Celine & Safia 

Friday 22 January

Sinead Morrissey: Genetics – Ailbhe & Lisa 

Friday 22 January

Daljit Nagra: Look We Have Coming To Dover! 

Zhina & Raphael 

Friday 29 January

Ciaran O’Driscoll: Please Hold Jess & Payal 
Friday 29 January

George Szirtes: Song Shannon & Najash 

Friday 12th February

Andrew Motion: From the Journal of a Disappointed Man – Zara & Hanar 
Friday 12th February

Adam Thorpe: On Her Blindness – Ava & Callum
Friday 12th February