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Improving Your Analyses PPT »
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GCSE Essay Writing Skills »
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It is because we cannot see the reader that writing needs to be different from speech. A reader is distant and so we cannot notice any misunderstandings or loss of interest that occur as they read. This creates a need for clarity in writing that isn’t so important in speech. The style and structure we adopt for example needs to be more formal; and the need to create and maintain interest means that writing should be lively. In the case of school essays, the reader is the teacher or examiner who awards marks and a grade, something that can...
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Improving Writing | Discourse Markers: A Teacher’s Guide and Toolkit »
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A ‘discourse marker’ is a word or phrase that helps to link written ideas. These words are generally more formal lexical items that find little use in speech – which is perhaps why they do not always come naturally to students.
Discourse markers can be used, for example, to link ideas that are similar (e.g. the adverbs, also and similarly); and they can be used to link ideas that are dissimilar (e.g. however, alternately)....[ read full article ] »
GCSE English Literature Guide: Lord of the Flies »
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Assessment Objectives
AO1
Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations.
AO2
Explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settings.
AO4
Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how texts have been influential and significant to self and other readers in different contexts and at different times.
To fulfil these assessment objectives...
[ read full article ] »GCSE English and English Literature: Writing About A Play - Drama, Narrative & Romeo and Juliet »
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Teacher’s Note
This first part of this EnglishEdu guide is aimed at students who are studying any Shakespeare play – but they can easily and profitably be adapted to suit any play.
The second part of the guide is an analysis and commentary of Act 3 Sc. 1 of Shakespeare’s play, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, with accompanying notes that are based upon ideas discussed in the guide’s first section.
- The notes accompanying Act 3 Scene 1 of the play are designed to work towards helping students who are planning their Controlled Assessment essay,...
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Improving Writing | Discourse Markers: A Teacher’s Guide and Toolkit »
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A ‘discourse marker’ is a word or phrase that helps to link written ideas. These words are generally more formal lexical items that find little use in speech – which is perhaps why they do not always come naturally to students.
Discourse markers can be used, for example, to link ideas that are similar (e.g. the adverbs, also and similarly); and they can be used to link ideas that are dissimilar...
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