It would be useful for you to make a brief reference to Frankenstein Foods. Here's a link to an article. You don't need to know a lot or write a lot about this, but I think it's a good way for you to comment on the influence of the book in different contexts and times.

Ms :)

Well Done Y10!

Hello all

Myself and Mrs D are really impressed with how well you've approached the Controlled Assessment. You've shown perseverance and commitment to success in abundance. We are nearly there now and your hard work will pay off.

If you've got any problems or questions, we're here to help. A comment emails me straight away and I know some of you have found this very useful.

Keep up the good work!

Best wishes,

Ms Caldwell

The Romantics: Frankenstein

I put a link on to this video some time ago, but thought you'd benefit from a little revision.

The Controlled Assessment

Hello Y10

I hope you've enjoyed the sunshine.

If you've missed a lesson this week, it is important that you are up to where we are in the lesson. Read this carefully.

Due to various trips happening this week, we've decided that you should begin your controlled assessment in the second half of Friday's lesson. Everyone should have their essay written out now. As a rough guide, you should have: an introduction; two paragraphs on Frankenstein; two paragraphs on Macbeth; two comparative paragraphs and a conclusion. It doesn't necessarily need to be in this order (apart from the introduction and conclusion!).

The most common errors are to try to talk about more than one point in each paragraph and to tell the story. We know the story! You need to keep your writing very clear. Following PEE+ will help you with this. You do not need to list all the ways that the character is presented, just pick your best points, ones that you can write a lot about.

After Friday's lesson, rather than come in a do the CA from the beginning of the lesson, you will come in and have 10mins to look at the paragraphs you've already written. Everything will then need to be put away and then we'll start the assessment. Essentially, you are going to try to remember as much as you can of 2-3 paragraphs that you'll write about in the following 45mins. You'll be writing in chunks. This means the CA will go over more than 4 lessons, but I think this will give you the best possible chance at doing well. Remember, this is 25% of your GCSE.

For this to work well, please come to the lesson prepared and ready to focus. Exam conditions will apply so you will need to enter the room silently.

If you have not got your essay written out you need to do this urgently. Ask Ms Dolan or myself if you're on the right track. Everyone should have had their work looked at by us, say urgently if you have not.

Your homework is to complete the essay and revise for the CA. This will be the case for the next couple of weeks.

There is lots of stuff on this blog to support your learning outside of the classroom. Scroll down and have a look at some older posts; it's good revision.

Here are some links for you.

Success Criteria for Introduction and Conclusion.

FRANKENSTEIN

Frankenstein Chapter 5.

Extract Chapter 10.

Extract Chapter 11.

Success Criteria for PEE+ and example Frankenstein

MACBETH

Is this a dagger I see before me?

Act II, Scene II

Act V, Scene VIII.

Success Criteria for PEE+ and example Macbeth

and success criteria for CA.

These are the Assessment Objectives:

AO1 Respond to texts critically and imaginatively, select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations

AO2 Explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settings

AO3 Make comparisons and explain links between texts, evaluating writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects

AO4 Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how texts have been influential and significant to self and other readers in different contexts at different times

If you are stuck in any way or have a problem, you can leave a comment on this blog (this then emails me straight away).

Best wishes,

Ms Caldwell

A gift from me via the BBC

Here's a little gem for you!

Hello Y10

You will do your Controlled Assessments this week. This is worth 25% of you overall English Literature GCSE grade so it is imperative that you are committed to success. You are responsible for this!

You will have written your essay now so have a clear idea in your head of what you will put on paper in the actual CA. We'll spend a little time at the beginning of the lesson making sure you know what you're going to write. . I think you should memorise as much of the essay as possible. This might seem huge, but remember you also have time in between the lessons so remember the section you'll write about in that hour. For example, in the first lesson you'll need to know your introduction and the first two paragraphs.

You have a success criteria for every aspect of the essay (the introduction, PEE+ and conclusion: use them. There are links to them in this blog; there are also links to a wealth of information that will support you. Use the the search bar or scroll down.

Here is the PowerPoint from last lesson with me.

You have a fabulous bank of information in you book; ensure that you use this. We've been working on it for a while and the CA is a chance for you to show off the amazing amount of work you have completed and learnt.

After we've finished this, we're going to look at spoken language. Exciting!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Ms Caldwell

Here's a clip of Macbeth. Have a look and let me know what you think.

This is a bit of an experiment so I hope it works! If it does, it will mean more blog videos to come.

Ms

Hello Y10

Some excellent work this week. Most of you are clearly committed to improving your writing: your hard work will pay off.

I have adapted the PowerPoints from this week so you can look at the model paragraphs. They don't need to be exactly like this! The idea is that you can copy some of the techniques such as embedding quotes in your analysis or linking to quotes from other parts of the play.

Next week we are going to work on integrating the work we have done on our texts into one essay. We are very nearly there.

I've spoken to Ms Dolan and we've decided to give you a bit of extra time. You must work well in lessons and out of school to really improve your understanding and writing. We will begin our controlled assessment in the week beginning 21st March.

Use the links on this blog. If you've found a good link, share it in the comments.

Finally, if you have a chance go to the Shelley's Ghost exhibition at the Bodliean.

As always, you can use this blog to contact me if you are stuck in anyway. I am here to help!

Enjoy the weekend,

Ms Caldwell

Hello Y10

This week we have had an easy start back in to Macbeth and Frankenstein. We have made finger puppets for our protagonists. The best ones contained lots of information about our characters with links to contexts.

Next week is going to more be intensive as we'll do some more language analysis and start to put our essays together. Brace yourselves!

Look though this blog for links that will help your understanding of Macbeth and Frankenstein in preparation.

Best wishes,

Ms Caldwell