Prose Fiction in the English Classroom In this module we will be looking closely at how to approach close reading of fiction with our Senior English students. We will: - think about text selection. - think holistically about what a fiction unit might cover. - understand some ’generic’ elements of prose fiction as a form and how they might be taught. - learn how to develop 3 level guides as prompts for "close reading". Let’s begin by discussing the novels we might use with a senior English
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Economics Commentary U.S. Employers slashed jobs for the third straight month in March and unemployment rose to a nearly three-year high‚ offering the latest signs that the economy has fallen into a recession. The Labor Department’s much anticipated report‚ released Friday the 4th of April‚ showed a net loss of 80‚000 jobs last month. That marks the third straight month that jobs have fallen - the longest period of decline since early 2003. Now having acknowledged that the US is in a recession
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Guidance for completion of your reflective commentary A reflective approach to your educational and culturalexperience will bring about changes in the way you perceive your academic environment. Further‚ this reflective approach can go on to produce changes in attitudes and awareness which may‚ in turn‚ benefit your personal and professional growth. While a single experience in isolation‚ such as your overseas or homeplacement‚will be insufficient to achieve such growth‚ that experience coupled
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Commentary Sincerity When we hear the word sincerity‚ what is our first impression of the word? According to dictionaries this word is defined as freedom from deceit‚ hypocrisy‚ or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness. However‚ if we put it in our own simple words‚ the best definition to the term would probably be being true to what you say. It isn’t enough to tell someone what’s pleasing to hear‚ but the truth plays an important factor in sincerity as well. Why
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ECONOMICS COMMENTARY – 1 Recently‚ demand for Aluminium has increased (data mentioned in article). Demand is the various quantities of a good a consumer is willing and able to buy at different price levels during a particular time period. The supply of Aluminium is steadily increasing‚ but the demand is likely to overtake supply‚ which is the various quantities of a good a producer is willing and able to produce at different price levels during a particular time period. This surge
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Analysis on Feet Feet is a prose talking about a little child looking at his sister’s death. The story is set in a post war period‚ when poverty and diseases are everywhere. We can know this by looking at the date written under the title‚ “September 1948”. The story happened in a working class family in Ireland. We can know that it is set in Ireland from the little sister’s name. From the sentence in line 7‚ “ Una. My younger sister‚ Una.” We know that her name is Una‚ which is an Irish name‚
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QASMT Yr 10 Pre-IB English Commentary on a Speech A Guide to Preparing Your Draft DRAFTING THE INTRODUCTION Using the information from your planning doc‚ write the introduction. DRAFTING THE BODY Writing a commentary is just the same as writing an essay in many respects. Both commentaries and essays all have: A Subject Statement which usually highlights one of the themes (Ideas) that is explored. Arguments are the ways in which this Subject statement is explored eg through the use
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Initiation by Sylvia Plath – Commentary In the short story‚ Initiation‚ Sylvia Plath exemplifies the idea that freedom‚ independence‚ and acceptance can only be achieved when one learns to overcome the desire to fit in with the ideals of society. Through the character Millicent and the many uses of devices‚ Plath demonstrates that through the acceptance of our imperfections and flaws‚ one learns the beauty of individuality. The point in the story when Millicent meets the small man from the
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IB English Crucible Commentary by Kim Le Select 2/3 sequential pages of significant thematic and literary value Pages Chosen: 124‚125‚ 126 The crucible is a play written by American playwright‚ Arthur Miller and is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials‚ in the late 1600’s. In the final 3 pages of the novel (124-126)‚ Proctor (the protagonists) of the novel faces the prospect of a hanging unless he confesses to his alleged crimes of witchery. The passage is of high literary value‚ cleverly
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persuade the reader that the company “From Bean to Bar” has delicious chocolate and its aim is to sell‚ which is contrasting to the first extract which is to entertain and maybe also educate. The first extract contains 4 paragraphs and uses solemnly prose. The author uses a combination of short and simple sentences (“It is safe”)‚ as well as more complex sentence structures such as “And I do not have to look into their hearts and take what I need; there are wishes that can be granted simple for the
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