Find the organisation of work for February Literature exam boards in the following link:
Exercises done and complete binders presented in December count as part of the February assessment. New exercises needn´t be carried out.
Find in this entry everything you need to know and have for December exams.
Read carefully, work hard and study conscientiously.
Plan de Trabajo
A view from the Bridge
Choose a fragment from the play that contains between 8 and 12 exchanges and analyse the following:
- Language used by characters and how it defines them
- Thematic concerns
- Tone and atmosphere
Find evidence of the following concepts in the text and justify your choices with complete argumentation:
- Toast as a symbol
- Home as an uncanny space
- Nature striking back
- Conradin as point of alignment
- The maccabre
“Ming’s Biggest Prey”
Complete the speech bubbles in the file attached below.
Write an argumentative paragraph beginning with 1 (one) of the topic sentences below:
- The short story “The Phoenix” is a critique to capitalist societies.
- The text does poetic justice with its ending.
- Poldero is an uncanny character as he both hosts and is hostile to the animals in the aviary.
1- Choose 5 (different) literary devices we have worked with and find examples in the texts listed in the 3rd term content list.
2- Explain the effect/meaning each of the literary devices chosen has in the context of the poem the example was taken from.
NOTE: You may use the chart below to organise your responses to 1 and 2.
||Effect / Meaning
Watch the video, take down notes and answer the questions below.
– Who, would you say, is the persona in the poem? (Persona: voice, “I”, in the poem)
– Explain the tone (i.e. the attitude / feelings of the persona) in the text. Check the picture in this post to use suitable language to describe tone.
– What is each stanza about? Summarise each stanza into one sentence.
– Can you identify the theme in the poem?
– Find at least 3 literary devices and explain them.
– In your opinion, which is the most powerful line? Explain why.
– Do you fully agree with the analysis in the video? Why (not)?
Test: October 10th
Content: Literary devices (anaphora, hypallage, metonymy, synechdoche, hyperbole, hyperbaton, metaphor, simile, personification, imagery, synaesthesia), literary terms suitable for poetry analysis (stanza, persona, refrain, line, rhyme) and their effect in constructing meaning.
Examples / texts to consult: songs studied in class.
Literature – Senior 2
A View from the Bridge
Revise: “Tyres”, “Games at Twilight” and “The Prison”
Types of tasks:
- Answer questions
- Analyse key literary terms
- Analyse concepts in the light of chosen quotations
Today we briefly revised some KEY concepts that will cut across our discussions of PROSE this year. We analysed them in the light of some chosen quotations from “Tyres”, “Games at Twilight” and “The Prison”.
Selected Quotations Tyres_Games_Prison
Key Words Short Stories
Have a copy of the file “Key Words….” so that we can continue referring to it next class as we talk about “Sredni Vashtar”, the imaginary devilish creature of Conradin’s prayers. Read the story and focus on the title (DO RESEARCH!), the genre and the characterisation of young Conradin.
Today we referred to Arthur Miller’s play A View from the Bridge in a quite superficial way, but next class we’ll be working on an analysis of as many aspects of the text as we possibly can. In order to do so, please bring with you all the necessary material. If you have last year’s Lit Booklet, check if the file I’m sharing below is there. If it isn’t, print the file so that we can work on all the activities in class.
View from the Bridge Study Guide
1) Read the “before reading” section on the second page of the pdf document. Just read! You don’t need to do any extra research. Highlight contextual information that aids the understanding of the play.
2) Work on the activities on pages 3 and 4 of the pdf document. There is a fill-in-the-blanks activity based on Act I and a listing / bullet-pointing activity based on Act II. Both exercises are related to plot.
3) In the study guide there are several questions that address specific quotations in the play. Make sure you mark all those quotations in your books. You may use different colour post-it’s or write a list of quotations with the page numbers where they appear in a chart or in bullet points.
Find in this entry all the information you need to know about the subject this year…
Lit 2017 2nd year
… and about the IGCSE Literature Examination…
Prepping for IGCSE Lit
A new year has begun!
And this means there will be lots of new challenges, expectations, goals and experiences.
This may also mean having doubts and facing fears:
What will happen? What will we do?
Will we be able to do it?
A new school year might seem a bit overwhelming at the beginning, but it always allows us to reflect upon who we are, how we learn and what we want to achieve.
So, cheer up! We are about to embark upon our next journey.
So, what are your goals for 2017?
Do not decide you can’t before you’ve discovered you CAN!