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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4(long paper)
Lesson 5 (long paper)
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Dulwich College Specimen Paper
Lesson 8 (There is no A from their website)
Lesson 9 (Multiple Choice)
Lesson 10
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Summary for Lesson 1
In today’s lesson we began our work on English comprehension. Today we focused on developing an overview of the most important skills for comprehension, thinking about the skillset involved with literary analysis, the four central question types (simple evidence, P.E.E., in your own words, meaning of words and phrases) and the ways in which the students should train their brain to think for the 11+ exams or similar comprehension tests. We worked with the paper assigned to today’s lesson, focusing on the questions the students found the most difficult and working out how to analyse and understand the papers themselves, learning techniques to help us unpick quotes and dig into the core meaning. Fab work today everyone- you were all super engaged and worked very hard, coming up with some fantastic ideas for important quotations and why you enjoyed them. Well done and I’ll see you next week 🙂
Connotation video: https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-5th-reading-vocab/x798e47233e450b09:cc-5th-athletes-in-action/x798e47233e450b09:applying-vocabulary-knowledge/v/connotation-reading
11+ tips video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GygZGNXEekM
Summing Up
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Summary for Lesson 2
In today’s lesson we continued our work on comprehension, focusing today on imagery and how to analyse it. We spoke about the five types of imagery (visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory, tactile) and the notion of images that have symbolic resonance to them. The class began by analysing a piece of unseen figurative language, applying the language of connotations to their analysis and thinking about the intended effect, before using these skills on the past paper from this week. They wrote their own examples of vivid imagery, ones that focused particularly on the different senses, and we finished with a rundown of the questions the students wanted to discuss from the past papers. Wonderful work today class, really exceptional analysis today! Keep it up and I’ll see you soon 🙂
Imagery video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCmbJ7c_wEE
Homework
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Summary for Lesson 3
In today’s class we worked on using quotations and analysing them well. We dug into this week’s papers, thinking about suspense and how to identify ways it is being created, such as techniques like pathetic fallacy. The class completed quotation analysis and we then went through the more difficult questions. We looked at a video that showed us how to pick a quotation apart and discussed the importance of picking out literary techniques. The class then applied this to a question from this week before we learned some key tips for the 11+, considering the way the mark schemes work. Well done for your work today everyone, you have all been fantastic. Keep it up and see you next week 🙂
Quotation vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfOlrJuicE
Summing Up
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Summary for Lesson 4
In today’s class we focused tightly on metaphorical language, analysing the concept of literary techniques, figurative language and the effect on the reader. We began by deeply analysing metaphor and how it functions, unpacking examples of our own, before thinking about the importance of trying to work out why the author has used a technique and what their desired effect may be. We thought about this week’s paper and analysed it deeply, pausing on questions that centre around metaphorical language, and the class finally looked at lots of different kinds of techniques and their impact. Well done everyone, really great analytical work today. Keep up the hard work and I’ll see you next week 🙂
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