I know you are taking the work I am setting seriously and I hope you are continuing to push your learning on. I am really looking forward to being well enough to read your blogs and discuss your ideas when I get back. The doctor has signed me off for another week but I will come back sooner if I am able. Use the support of one another since you have to be in college even if I am not. Although I haven't read your work because I'm not fit, I can see that not everyone has posted what I've asked for yet. Catch up because I don't want to have to chase you for it when I get back.
Here's a copy of what I sent Sophie (Director of Faculty) for you for tomorrow and you can continue work on this on Monday - remember to fill your time with other English tasks if there's not enough here for two solid lessons' work:
A2 should go to the CLA section of our Moodle page and find/watch the
Evie video 'all the things' and work through the questions on the
'talking transcript' (making detailed notes of answers), building
towards blogging a PEE exploration of the questions 'to what extent is
this an example of child-led discourse?' And 'what is characteristic of
the two participants' language?' This should be enough work for Friday
and Monday.
AS should think of a controversial issue and imagine two characters who
would have opposing views. They should write as if each of those
characters were blogging their arguments, trying to create a really
different, realistic voice (idioletc) for each one. One could be
responding to the other's ideas (or not). Bibliography needed for research
on the topic. This could be finished on Monday. They should revise terminology
learned so far for a test next Friday.
Edit: EVERYONE PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL ON MONDAY TO TELL ME HOW FAR YOU HAVE GOT WITH THE TASKS I HAVE SET IN MY ABSENCE AND EXPLAIN ANY PROBLEMS - please see the comments below for work to continue with on Tues
AS should continue working on the polemic you started on Friday. Redraft what you have written to improve it today and you should then (Mon/Tues) go on to write an explanation/commentary on your own writing. Which techniques did you use to create each of the voices differently and make them persuasive? Use a PEE structure to explain this, exploring quotes at a really detailed level e.g. why choose one word over another looking at their different connotations? How are attitudes presented in ways which suit the GRAPE? - use your tips sheet to help you analyse your own writing thoroughly.
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