Feria Homework and Exam Dates

Homework tasks:

1. Complete the following reading exercises in your blue student´s books:

P15 - Ex 1

P18 - Ex 1 and 2

P64-5 - Ex 2, 3, 4, 5

We will do a 33% Criterion B IB reading exam on Friday 12th May after Feria and the above exercises will help you to prepare for this.

We also need to do a 33% Criterion C writing exam. This will done on19th May (provisionally). I will give more details on this after Feria.

Criterion A 33% Speaking Assessment: Rites of Passage Monologue

•       You will have to write a monologue about the theme of RITES OF PASSAGE.

-          Discussion of the importance/ non-importance  of final high school examinations.

-          Why do we have such pressures on us as 17/18 year old students?

-          What adds to our anxieties?

-          How can we best cope with these problems?

-          Attack or defend?

•       Your classmates, teachers and parents are your audience.

•       You can bring notes with a maximum of 5 short bullet points – these will be checked.

•       It will take place in front of the class.

•       You will receive 2x 33% Crit A grades – 1 for ‘grammar’ 1 for ‘ideas’ (more information to follow).

•       Your monologue must last for a minimum of 3 minutes and a maximum of 4 minutes. If you fail to stick to this timing, you will lose marks. 

Creating your own Brochure

Using  the website  below, and a number of the phrases you found whilst looking at other travel guides, create a brochure about your own home city.

Online Brochure Creator

Purple Hibiscus: Comparing Characters (Chapters 6 & 7)

Writing Skills for Term Three

BROCHURE / PAMPHLET / LEAFLET / FLYER / ADVERTISEMENT

For more ideas on the language, style, tone of a brochure/pamphlet/ leaflet use these websites:

Visit Manchester!

London - The Capital City

      •What all of these formats have in common is that they are concerned with giving information quickly and concisely. The emphasis of one of these writing genres may be on informing (e.g a health leaflet) or on promoting (e.g. a publicity brochure).

Basic Format

- Main heading (informing), or eye-catching slogan (promoting)

- Use of manageable multiple sections : identified by bullet points, lines, stars, numbers in order to highlight key information

- Subheadings : used to show the steps/stages of the argument

- Succinct explanation : individual concepts / ideas are presented clearly and quickly

- Background information : e.g. 'Contact us' + phone number / email

Approach

Ø'address' - you must directly address the target audience

Ø´promotional language' – usually, these text types are all encouraging, they encourage the target audience to agree with what is being presented, to 'buy theidea‘ – use STYLE and RHETORICAL DEVICES to achieve this effect 

ØClear step-by-step overall argument : individual points are linked together into a convincing sequence of ideas

Organising an event

•Join use in our celebration of …

•Come and join in …

•(Place) will come alive with our event …

•Everyone can take part/participate in …

•The council in partnership with the citizens will put on an event.

•You must join forces with us …

•This issue is glaringly important because

•How to get involved? Well, just contact us on …

•Stand up for your rights with us …

•How to learn more about …

•We won´t back down.

•Have you ever thought about ….?

•Get in touch with us by …

•Come along and …

•Get informed .. Keep reading

•Go to our website for more information

Advertising

•___ is a revolutionary new product on the market

•____ offers a new model/ way of thinking about …

•Move over …., make way for ..

•This products offers, promotes, represents, fosters/ enhances …

•______ offeres the unique opportunity to …

•Not only will this product do … but it will also …

Use rhetorical devices

-List of three

-Rhetorical questions

-Lots of personal pronouns

-Metaphor/personification

-Some facts to strengthen argument

Purple Hibiscus: Chapter Six

1.  Aunty Ifeoma’s personality at first unsettles Kambili. Why do you think this is the case?

2.  List two ways in which Ifeoma is similar to Eugene, and two ways in which she is different to him.

3.  What evidence is there to suggest that Ifeoma doesn’t share in her brother’s wealth.

4.  What language do Ifeoma and Eugene communicate in? What could this suggest?

5.  How does Kambili’s cousin’s (Amaka’s) personality compare with Kambili’s?

6.  Why doesn’t Kambili wear trousers?

7.  Ifeoma says that Papa-Nnukwu isn’t a pagan, but a ___________.

8.  Kambili cannot imagine the sound of her own ___________, but hopes it would sound like _______________.

CRITERION C: 50% The Writing styles - EXAM/ BLOG

Essay Writing

Hints

• [PLANNING]
  - Use the task input to help you plan but try to avoid copying phrases from the input in Part 1. Use your own words.
• [INTRODUCTION and CONCLUSION]
  - Effective introductory and concluding paragraphs. In the introduction, state the topic clearly, give a brief outline of the issue, saying why it is important or why people have different opinions about it.
  - DO NOT express you opinion at the beginning of your essay (develop you essay in such a way that it guides the reader to the conclusion you draw).
  - DO give your opinion in the final paragraph.
• [SECOND and THIRD PARAGRAPHS]
  - Structure your argument. Each new paragraph has one main idea, stated in a topic sentence.
  - Include relevant details to support the main idea: these might include examples, rhetorical questions (do no overdo it), controversial or surprising statements... If you include a drawback, give a possible solution, too.
• [GENERAL]
  - DO use a relatively formal register and an objective tone. Do not be too emotional.
  - Remember to use linking adverbials to organise your ideas and to make it easy for the reader to follow your argument.
  - In the exam, allow yourself time to check your grammar, spelling and punctuation thoroughly.

Introductory phrases

•Nowadays/ Recently, there is widespread concern about …

•Not only do I think (one idea) but I also think (a different idea)

•Throughout history, there has been …

•History has been littered with examples of …

•In the past there has been many examples of …

•In the (near) future, maybe there will be

•Despite (+noun OR + gerund)

e.g.   Despite the protests …

  Despite hating protests …

•It is a vital/ critical/ crucial/ fundamental/ essential/ key  problem or issue in society

•The relevance of/the awareness of this issue is crucial because

•Clearly, it is inevitable/unavoidable/inescapable to be concerned about this issue

•As an engaged/ informed/ educated/ thoughtful/ critical citizen, it is …

Connectives

1) To add: and, furthermore, in addition, what is more, to add, moreover

2) To contrast: but, although, though, despite, in spite of, however, nevertheless, yet, whereas, while

3) To give reason: because, since, due to, as, owing to, because of

4) To give a result: therefore, consequently, so, as a result

5)To show sequence: firstly, secondly, finally, lastly, last but not least

6) To summarise/ conclude: to sum up, in conclusion, in brief, in summary, in short, to conclude

Powerful verbs

•To impact upon/ to affect

•To give rise to …

•To raise awareness  of …

•To give weight to …

•To urge/to encourage

•To retaliate

•To initiate

•To trigger/to spark (something)

•To cost lives

•To take steps towards

•To reach an agreement

•To be declared independent

•To seek/strive for independence

•To solve/ resolve

•To take into account

Linking phrases

•… culminated in… (ended in …)

•…resulted in…

•… led to ….

•… was caused by …

•…was said to be …

•…is still thought to be…

Summarising

- Taking all this into account, it is clear that ...

- All in all, ...

- To sum, this crucial issue needs to be dealt with by implementing ...

- In conclusion, the facts suggest that ...

Advanced Blogging Structures...

How to start?

·         For many people,…

·         I’ve been waiting to write this for some time…

·         So, if you haven’t heard about the recent controversy of …

·         So, I recently went to …

·         I know I’ve posted about … before, but …

·         From … to …, our … have

·         There’s a story currently…

·         Nowadays, I find myself …

·         So, this post is going to …

Expressions/ Idiomatic vocabulary

·         Well, it goes without saying that …

·         If I could put my finger on one thing in particular, it would be …

·         Shame it doesn’t work like that.

·         It goes hand in hand with …

·         Rhetorical questions and answers: Who knows? I don´t. …, right? But when did … become …?

·         Yes/No, …

·         A distraction that I, for one, can’t wait to get rid of.

·         How dare he/ she/ they!

·         I have never eye-rolled this much…

·         Let’s face it …

·         Boo them!/ Cheer them!

·         Needless to say …

·         Anyway, each to their own.

·         To become a dartboard - to become a target

·         To go through the roof - to increase

Introducing yourself in the text/ expressing opinions

·         As a teenager

·         As a black woman…

·         How much I care…

·         But that’s just me.

·         I never thought I’d find myself saying this but …

·         I must say that I agree/disagree with …

·         If I could put my finger on one thing in particular, it would be …

·         What I do know is …

·         Aghh, I’m sorry, I don’t mean to sound like …

·         So, I’m here to …

·         As much as I think that …, I also think that …

·         I love…

·         I reckon… (informal for I think)

·         I guess there is/are …

·         I was pretty freaking amazed…

·         Oddly, while…

·         Aside from the fact that I’m …, I also think …

·         Shock horror, I’m not into …

Speaking directly to your reader

·         Ha! Don’t be ridiculous!

·         Don’t try and kid yourself!

·         Don’t be silly enough to…

·         Get off your high horse!

·         Get off your soap box!

·         Make a difference!

·         By the way, …

How to end?

·         If you want to share/ offer your opinion and join in with this conversation, please leave a comment below.

·         I’d love to know your thoughts so leave a comment below!

·         If you agree with me, please share my post.

Idioms are an excellent way to show off in informal writing. Try to learn some of the ones below and use them in your blog.

CAE Idioms

Body Idioms