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Resources for Fingerprints in the dust

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Resource 1.1

• Who might this have been written for?

• What might be happening?

• Where might it be taking place?

• When might the music have been written?

• Why might the music have been written?

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Resource 1.2a

Prompts for annotating song lyrics

The title of this song makes me think . . .

The effect of the opening line of this song is . . .

This section of the song . . .

I think the lyricist now feels that . . .

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Resource 1.2b

Prompts for annotating song lyrics

These words suggest . . .

The effect of the final lines of the song is . . .

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Resource 1.3

Prompts for the lyricist’s journal

• I chose the word … in the first line because…

• The phrase …… was used to show…

• When I wrote this song, I was feeling…

• This is reflected in phrases such as…

• The effect I wanted to achieve was…

• The ideas I wished to express were…

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Resource 2.1a

Word connotations

DARK

She had a dark secret in her past

She had a dark secret in her past

A dark expression crossed his face

A dark expression crossed his face

By telling me nothing, they kept me in the dark

By telling me nothing, they kept me in the dark

The night was dark and dismal

The night was dark and dismal

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Resource 2.1b

Word connotations

BLUE

Blue skyBlue sky The music had a blue noteThe music had a blue note

He was in a blue moodHe was in a blue mood Blue for a boy, pink for a girlBlue for a boy, pink for a girl

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Resource 2.1c

Word connotations

SOFT

The kitten’s fur was softThe kitten’s fur was soft He had a soft heartHe had a soft heart

The country was a soft target for terrorists

The country was a soft target for terrorists

The autumn sky was bathed in soft light

The autumn sky was bathed in soft light

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Resource 2.1d

Word connotations

FLAT

The snooker table was flatThe snooker table was flat By the end of the week he was flat broke

By the end of the week he was flat broke

After the visitors went, the girl felt flat

After the visitors went, the girl felt flat

She spoke in a flat tone of voice

She spoke in a flat tone of voice

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Resource 2.1e

Word connotations

DISTANT

He met a distant cousin at the wedding

He met a distant cousin at the wedding

Her manner was very distant

Her manner was very distant

He travelled to a distant land

He travelled to a distant land

It had happened in the distant past

It had happened in the distant past

Resource 2.2a

Extracts from Great ExpectationsOurs was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing, was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip.

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Resource 2.2b

Extracts from Great Expectations

The marshes were just a long, black, horizontal line then, as I stopped to look after him; and the river was just another horizontal line, not nearly so broad nor yet so black; and the sky was just a row of long, angry, red lines and dense black lines intermixed. On the edge of the river I could faintly make out the only two black things in all the prospect that seemed to be standing upright; one of these was the beacon by which the sailors steered – like an unhooped cask upon a pole – an ugly thing when you were near it; the other a gibbet, with some chains hanging to it which had once held a pirate. The man was limping on towards this latter, as if he were the pirate come to life, and come down, and going back to hook himself up again.

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Resource 2.3a

Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening.

Suggests cold, painful, exposed

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Resource 2.3b

At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing, was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip.

Implies remote, uninviting, unpleasant

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Resource 2.4

Using the PEE chain

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• Point

Dickens uses a range of adjectives to create an impression of the marsh country in the reader’s mind.

• EvidenceThe use of the word ‘raw’…

• Explanation/exploration …suggests that both Pip and the

landscape are cold, exposed and vulnerable.

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Resource 3.1

Fact or opinion?

• Ice is frozen water.• Paris is the capital city of France.• Blondes have more fun.• Playing chess is more difficult than playing football.• The battle of Hastings was fought in 1066.• Smoking cigarettes reduces life expectancy.• Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.• It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have

loved at all. • When the sun is shining everyone is happier.• Vanilla ice cream tastes better than chocolate ice cream.

Resource 3.2

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OpinionSuggests weather is hot and sunny which everyone would enjoy.

FactYou could check whether the hotel has this rating.

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Resource 5.1a

• argument • counter-argument • evidence • statistical evidence • assertion • topic sentence • illustration • bias

• Presenting as a fact something that is believed to be true.

• Personal beliefs that colour the way an argument is presented.

• The first sentence of a paragraph. It informs the reader what the paragraph will be about.

• An opposing case or claim made in a piece of text.

• Numerical data used in support of an argument.

• Expansion of the point using further evidence.

• The case or claim made in a piece of text.

• Information given to support an argument.

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Resource 5.1b

1. argument 2. counter-argument 3. evidence 4. statistical evidence 5. assertion 6. topic sentence 7. illustration 8. bias

1. The case or claim made in a piece of text.

2. An opposing case or claim made in a piece of text.

3. Information given to support an argument.

4. Numerical data used in support of an argument.

5. Presenting as a fact something that is believed to be true

6. The first sentence of a paragraph. It informs the reader what the paragraph will be about.

7. Expansion of the point using further evidence.

8. Personal beliefs that colour the way an argument is presented.

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Resource 5.2a

How successful has the author been in presenting the argument?

Beginning:• What is the first point of the author’s

argument?• What is the effect of the opening

sentence?• How has the writer used language to

promote this viewpoint?• What other points is the author making in

this part of the text?

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Resource 5.2a

How successful has the author been in presenting the argument?

Middle:• How has the writer used signposts to

continue the argument?• What evidence has been used to support

the writer’s main points?• Can you find evidence of bias?• How have facts and opinions been used to

influence the reader?• Has the author used counter-argument?

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Resource 5.2a

How successful has the author been in presenting the argument?

End:

• Has the author summarised the points of the argument?

• How has the writer used language to reinforce the main points?

• What is the overall impact on the reader?

• What is the effect of the final line?