Wednesday 02/04/2014Period 6 of 12

Close Reading-key questions-

Lesson Plan• To review the recommended approach to key Close Reading questions• To provide additional practice for you in completing these questions

Close Reading Questions• Between 50% and 65% of marks will be for IN YOUR OWN WORDS questions• The rest will be for Analysis and Evaluation

In Your Own Words• Answer these questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!• Read the question carefully• Use bullet points• Be as clear as possible

Word Choice• 1 mark for a quotation• 1 mark for an appropriate explanation• Think about the connotations of a word• Try to use the word ‘suggests’ (or something similar)

Word ChoiceThe missing part of the Cinderella story is what happens when she puts on the glass slipper and disappears into the palace. Rowling filled in the blanks, describing to Jeremy Paxman how she has to cope with begging letters, journalists rifling through her bins, photographers lurking on the beach, and strangers accosting her in the supermarket.

Explain how the writer’s word choice in lines 19–22 helps to show the negative effects of fame. (4)

Word Choice• “begging letters” (1)• This implies unpleasant/unwanted attention from desperate people (1)

• “accosted” (1)• This suggests that she is ambushed by strangers and cannot escape them (1)

Imagery• 1 mark for simple understanding• 1 mark for the ‘Just as…’ section• 1 mark for the ‘So too…’ section

• Think about the basis of the comparison (size, shape, colour, smell, behaviour, idea etc.)

Imagery• _________ is being compared to __________

• This is effective because just as ‘__________’ suggests ___________________

• So to __________________________________

Imagery“Beware of Afrikaans, the most dangerous drug for our future.”

Look at the way in which the Afrikaans language was described by those opposed to it. Explain what this image means and analyse its effect(3)

Imagery• Afrikaans is being compared to a drug (1)• It is effective because just as ‘drugs’ suggests something damaging and destructive (1)• So too ‘Afrikaans’ could potentially do terrible damage to the educational chances of Africans (1)

Sentence Structure• 1 mark for a quotation or reference to structure• 1 mark for an appropriate explanation• Think about the effects of different types of sentence structure• Remember to use your Reading Units for revision!

Sentence StructureFrom whence comes this compulsion to climb mountains? Why do I have this compulsion to get to the top of every insignificant bump on the landscape? Why, no matter how breathless, bruised, battered and bedraggled I become while hillwalking, do I return with a grin on my face and a desire to go out and do it again?

Here the author reflects on his need to climb mountains. Comment on how two aspects of sentence structure are used to explore his feelings. (4)

Sentence Structure• Several rhetorical questions (1)• This shows that even he doesn’t really know why he does it (1)

• Long, complex list (1)• This explores the range of reasons not to enjoy hillwalking and reinforces the point made by the questions (1)

Linking• 1 mark for a quotation and what it links to in the previous paragraph• 1 mark for quotation and what it links to in the coming paragraph • You can SOMETIMES comment on a single word or phrase if stuck• However, Yet, But, In addition

Linking• The word(s) ‘_______________’ link back to what was discussed in the previous paragraph, which was __________________.

• The word(s) ‘_______________’ link to what is coming up in the next paragraph, which is _______________________________.

LinkingWilliam Shakespeare is easily the best-known of our English writers. Virtually every man in the street can name some of his plays and his characters, and many people can also recite lines of his poetry by heart. However, despite our familiarity with his work, we know relatively little of the man himself. We do not know when or why he became an actor, we know nothing of his life in London, and almost nothing of his personal concerns.

Show how the third sentence acts as a link in the argument. (2)

Linking• The words ‘his work’ link back to what was discussed in the previous paragraph, which was his plays, characters and poetry.• The words ‘the man himself’ link to what is coming up in the next paragraph, which is information about his life and personality.

Effective Conclusions• 1 mark for a quotation from the final paragraph• 1 mark for linking this to something SPECIFIC from earlier in the text

For Tomorrow• Please complete Practice Paper B from the Close Reading pack that you were given last week• Do this under exam conditions (1 hour, no notes)• I will collect and mark this tomorrow• Those going to Alton Towers should hand it in at registration for return period 6