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    • #42014
      VMWEdu
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    • #42107
      Beth
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      Summary for Lesson 1

      In today’s lesson we began our GCSE literary analysis course, thinking about connotational analysis. We dug into the relationship between connotation and symbolism, thought about how to utilise this to understand and make inferences about imagery and applied this to a GCSE passage. The class did some brilliant partner work where they looked at a past paper using their connotation skills and we thought about famous examples from literature. Incredible work everyone, very well done- I really enjoyed hearing your ideas and analyses. Keep it up and see you next week 🙂

      Connotation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7GFhfRKy1A

      Homework

      hmwrk

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    • #42109
      Haoming
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      Due to complications regarding my Lenovo desktop and my microsoft work account I have resorted to typing my homework on a google docs. I hope you don’t mind!

      Here is the homework:

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UGUZvXwurFFVQE2IFUbFDOjxlmvPOI8Ai7Ft_RUhQAw/edit

       

      Best Wishes,

      Haoming

      • #42110
        Haoming
        Participant

        I mean word account

      • #42219
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Haoming,

        No worries at all! If you have issues accessing your feedback on Word, just let me know and I can send an alternative format 🌟

        Fabulous work this week, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42111
      JackL
      Participant

      Lesson 1:

      In general, the main character is shown as a keen, well-mannered, and scornful through figurative language such as hyperboles.

      Firstly, the author shows the main character as a well-mannered gentleman by using a great literary device: personification, the author wrote, ‘so she couldn’t see his small pity and greater contempt’, The main character Theo makes an effort to hide his contempt from his face, this is most likely because he is trying to show the act of courtesy. This makes him a polite gentleman who cares about other people’s inner emotions.

      Secondly, the author presented Theo (the main character) as keen and curious by using hyperbole: Theo found that couldn’t keep his eyes off it. The crucial fact is that even though he is horrified by the doll, he is still looking at it, which shows Theo’s curiosity and therefore he is a curious person.

      Beside that, the author used the device of minimization to present that Theo is a bit scornful: Theo, more depressed and disgusted by the charade then surely such harmless play-acting justified, was turning away. The word disgusting has bad or, other words, negative connotations, where Theo was expressing hatred towards the doll. The second bit of the phrase I chose was: surely such harmless play-acting justified. This made the doll seem unnatural or monster-like, which also has negative connotation of both the doll and Theo, it has negative connotation on the doll because the words made him/her ugly, and also has negative connotation on Theo  because he is thinking about bad things of the doll, or he could have thought about good things about it but he didn’t, this shows that he is hateful or scornful towards the doll.

      • #42281
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Jack,

        Fab work this week, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42119
      Ray
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      Hope you are doing well, please find below the homework:

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ED_70MmYLhHfLKzeVjRkdNpEC8ws5NrPt3k5RbD4XeA/edit?usp=sharing

       

      Best,

      Ray

       

       

       

      • #42252
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Ray,

        Lovely work this week, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42127
      Daniel
      Participant

      Hi Beth

      Please find attached below my homework. Have a great week!

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/15eb8RFKztVAEZu3lqhvwozx6UlfXNP8Be7LTPTyaoQY/edit

      Best wishes

      Daniel

      • #42218
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Daniel, could you accept my request to view this, or make it public? Thanks!

      • #42297
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Daniel,

        Fab work on this, your feedback is below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42148
      brianbwLiu
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      Hi Beth,

      Thanks for the great lesson! Homework uploaded.

      Brian

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      • #42254
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Brian,

        You’re welcome!
        Fab work this week, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42162
      zixuan
      Participant

      Hi Beth

      Here is my homework and thanks for the amazing lesson!

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      • #42256
        Beth
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        Hi Zixuan,

        Amazing work this week, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42188
      Alicia
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      This is my homework, and thanks for a great lesson!

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      • #42258
        Beth
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        Hi Alicia,

        You’re very welcome!
        Nice work this week, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42271
      Beth
      Participant

      Summary for Lesson 2

      In today’s class we focused on techniques, thinking about symbolism and extended metaphor in depth. We discussed literary techniques and how we should treat them analytically before moving onto diving into the concept of symbolism as the bedrock of many other devices. We learned about extended metaphor, worked in groups on a list of 100 advanced techniques and finally the class applied all their knowledge to a GCSE extract. Well done today everyone, fab work and concentration throughout. See you next week 🙂

      Video on symbolism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC7el2CHLi8&t=22s

      100 devices: https://blog.reedsy.com/literary-devices/

      Extended metaphor: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-extended-metaphor-definition-examples-and-structure-of-extended-metaphor

      homework 

      hwmrk

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    • #42276
      JackL
      Participant

      Hi Beth, It seems that you still haven’ t feedback my homework, so may I please ask why?

      • #42283
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Jack, apologies about that! Your feedback is up now 😀

    • #42280
      JackL
      Participant
      • #42451
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Jack,

        Good work on this, your feedback is attached. See you soon 😀

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    • #42302
      Ray
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      Hope you are doing well, please find below the homework:

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1816AFD7XZdDSx7EBooM1Wpo2gkHfnN2xUH_FmGQzz80/edit?usp=sharing

       

      Ray

      • #42459
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Ray,

        Stunning work this week, your feedback is attached below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42342
      Eason
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      • #42415
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Eason, could you accept my request to view this, or make it public, so I can mark it? Thanks!

    • #42346
      brianbwLiu
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      My homework is attached below.

      Brian

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      • #42461
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Brian,

        Really great work this week, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42379
      Haoming
      Participant

      Hi Beth, here is my homework.

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UGUZvXwurFFVQE2IFUbFDOjxlmvPOI8Ai7Ft_RUhQAw/edit

      Have a nice weekend!

      Haoming

      • #42463
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Haoming,

        Fabulous work on this, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42380
      Alicia
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      Here is my homework!

      Alicia

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      • #42465
        Beth
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        Hi Alicia,

        Super work on this, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42469
      Beth
      Participant

      Summary for Lesson 3

      In today’s class we concentrated on the nuts and bolts of how to use quotations to structure a GCSE analysis paper. We began by thinking about how to choose interesting quotations before watching part of a video that looked at how to embed them in essays. We learned about the intention-quotation-effect method to ensure good analysis and practiced this with two poems, looking at example answers. The class read a table that showed good and bad examples of how to use quotes and finally, they read an article on key tips for analytical essay writing. We then applied this to a passage before finishing up. Good work today, keep digging into the deeper meaning of things, remembering to comment on literary techniques and remember practice makes perfect! Keep it up class, see you next week 🙂

      Article from today: https://tomneedhamteach.wordpress.com/2022/03/30/how-to-approach-a-literature-exam-question-that-contains-an-extract/

      Homework

      hmwrk

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    • #42493
      JackL
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      I have another question: Which extract are you talking about for the homework, can you please send it to me, thank you for the great lesson!

    • #42494
      JackL
      Participant

      Is it the Lullaby one?

    • #42495
      JackL
      Participant
      • #42591
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Jack, I’ve requested to view this, could you please accept it and let me know when you have? Thanks! 😀

    • #42536
      Ray
      Participant

       

      Hi Beth,

      Hope you are doing well, please find below the homework:

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NctaQFTOpAM_N6HloOD6ubzgxGGIDpFbgtmv9VOYyf8/edit?usp=sharing

      Ray

      • #42625
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Ray,

        Superb work this week, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42537
      brianbwLiu
      Participant

      Hi Beth, thanks for the great lesson!

      Brian

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      • #42627
        Beth
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        Hi Brian,

        Good work, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42571
      Haoming
      Participant

      Hi Beth, here is my homework:

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UGUZvXwurFFVQE2IFUbFDOjxlmvPOI8Ai7Ft_RUhQAw/edit

      Have a great weekend!

      Best wishes,
      Haoming

      • #42629
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Haoming,

        Thanks, you too!

        Great work this week, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42637
      Beth
      Participant

      Summary for Lesson 4

      In today’s class we began our work on non-fiction analysis, thinking about form and medium. We discussed why these are important to bear in mind before looking at the key elements to consider when dissecting a piece of non-fiction. We looked at key examples of this using opinion pieces in newspapers before talking about key questions to ask ourselves to help us get to the bottom of the way a writer has constructed a piece. Finally they analysed an article and completed their own writing inspired by it, changing up the intention of the piece and seeing how it impacted the way they used language. Well done today class, I particularly enjoyed your analyses of the articles you chose. Keep up the great work & see you next week 🙂

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      Homework

      hmwrk

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    • #42641
      JackL
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      Arre we suppose to make notes on questions to bring to next lesson or write the article

      • #42685
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Jack, you just need to write notes to bring to the lesson 😀

    • #42647
      JackL
      Participant

      Hi Beth, I just gave you access to my homework for last week, can you please mark it.

      • #42686
        Beth
        Participant

        Sure, I’ll get to that ASAP

    • #42675
      JackL
      Participant

      Hi Beth, here is my homework for the week before, thanks for the great lesson!

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QnL98Vsv_8e0O0rwnqGYL4NFPim2UjqhLfuiqYn2Uj0/edit?usp=sharing

      • #42691
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Jack, here’s your feedback for the last lesson – good work! Next time, could you make sure that your google doc is viewable so that I can get your marking to you on time, thank you!

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    • #42714
      Beth
      Participant

      Summary for Lesson 5

      In today’s lesson we continued work on non-fiction, thinking specifically about comparative questions and how to think about context. We began with some group discussions of the homework, before sharing as a class, and then thinking about the kinds of questions to ask in order to understand a non-fiction text in context. We looked at this with reference to a past paper and then dug into comparison questions and how they function. The class finished by discussing and considering multiple different types of non-fiction GCSE texts before we looked at Dickens and why exam boards use him so much in the non-fiction exam. Well done today everyone, fab analysis of the ways we can compare two very different texts. Keep it up and good luck with revision! 🙂

      Letter writing source A: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/poetryandscience/poetryandscience/AQA,C19th,text,Hints,for,Letter-Writers.pdf

      Source B: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/26/from-me-with-love-lost-art-letter-writing

      Homework 

      hmwrk

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    • #42826
      Beth
      Participant

      Mock Paper

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    • #42828
      Beth
      Participant

      Summary for Lesson 6

      In today’s class we had our mini mock exam, where the class practiced their GCSE analysis skills on a past paper. They worked very diligently today- well done everyone, I look forward to reading what you’ve come up with! You have been really fab over the past six weeks, it has been lovely working with you! Keep up the great work and see you in the next course, well done! 🙂

      Homework

      hmwrk

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    • #42832
      brianbwLiu
      Participant

      Hi Beth, thanks for the course!

      Brian

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      • #42924
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Brian,

        You’re very welcome!

        Super work on your mock, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42834
      Daniel
      Participant

      Dear Beth

      Thanks for the great course. The twenty mark question was especially hard; I don’t think I would get more than ten marks on it :). Enjoy the rest of your week!

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1koWVXGFR5DXvfHC2SHKQ2NYo3lSuJz43lyro0Bh5TLU/edit

      Best Wishes

      Daniel

      • #42926
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Daniel,

        You’re welcome! Don’t worry too much about the twenty marker, these things get easier the more you practice🌟

        Nice work on your mock, I’ve attached your feedback below 😀

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    • #42840
      Ray
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      Hope you are doing well, please find below the homework:

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QAztTC0L6tAqQfSp_F6v8xLnaftLC2yF6g4jSViCfLM/edit?usp=sharing

      Ray

      • #42930
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Ray,

        Brilliant work on your mock, your feedback is below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42841
      JackL
      Participant

      Hi Beth,

      Thank you for all those fabulous lessons and have a nice week! Here is my Mock exam answers, by the way, sorry for the formatting errors,  I somehow just can not fix it.

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      • #42932
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Jack,

        You’re so welcome! No worries about the formatting errors, I’ve just ignored them🌟

        Super work on your mock, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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    • #42891
      Elsa❀
      Participant

      Hello Beth,

      Thank you so much for the course! I’m sorry about the delay in handing this in. My work is attached below.

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      • #42934
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Elsa,

        No worries!
        Fabulous work on your mock, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you 😀

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    • #42893
      Haoming
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      • #42936
        Beth
        Participant

        Hi Haoming,

        Superb work on your mock, I’ve attached your feedback below. See you soon 😀

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