Paper 2 Revision L.O. To understand, interpret and compare 2 texts. To revise the requirements of Paper 2 Language. If there’s something strange, in your English exam, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! Image is hyperlinked to theme tune to play as they come in

Questions to ask as we read any text What questions should we ask about a text as we read it to help our understanding? In your pair, come up with at least 5 questions you could ask about any text. E.g. Where is it set? What is the purpose?

Our class’s questions

Our Ghostly Sources Source 1 - Ghostbuster shatters the myth about phantoms (1980s) Source 2 - From Matter to Spirit (1863)

Source 1 - Ghostbuster shatters the myth about phantoms (1980s) Extract is about an interviewer interviewing a ghost-hunter – the ghost-hunter doesn’t seem to believe that ghosts are real – scientific evidence – skeptical – 20th C Talking to people who have seen ghosts – e.g. bakery – image of an old man Ghost-hunter is serious about his job – has investigated a lot of cases – interviewer – moments of sarcasm

Source 2 - From Matter to Spirit (1863) Author is publishing two accounts of the same person – regarding a spirit sighting – “spirit rise” – 16 vs. adult woman  child imagination? Narrating experience of another woman – the writer believes in what she says – child-spirits – seeing them just before death Writer trusts the woman – the second sighting confirms the first – uneducated woman – no need for fakery 19th Century – supernatural more of a fixation – perhaps not as knowledgeable? Are they correct?

Source 1 and Source 2 Half the class is going to read Source 1 and the other half Source 2. Make sure you are able to answer all of our class’s questions about the text. You only have 5 minutes so you need to read quickly.

Teach each other Now you are going to teach someone who read the other Source about the Source you read. As you read the new Source and discuss it, keep focused on the questions we created at the beginning. You only have 7 minutes to look at both texts- be quick. Remember in the exam you need to be able to read and understand the texts really quickly.

Which of these statements are true?

True or False continued… In your pair, now make up 8 statements about Source B. 4 True and 4 False. Test the pair next to you. How well did they do?

Strange things that happen What different strange things happen in each text? In your pair, one of your focus on Source 1 and the other on Source 2. Make sure you each have at least 3 strange things that happen from each text. Source 1 – strange things that happen Source 2 – strange things that happen

Strange things that happened last lesson… How many did you get? Did you get any others? Source 1 – strange things that happen Source 2 – strange things that happen Ghostly piano music in the middle of the night Smell of eggs and bacon in a posh dental surgery Motorists seeing a ghost in particular spot Ghostly sightings turn out to be washing on the line Rational explanations for seeing supposed ‘ghosts’ Old man ghost sighting A vision of the spirits of children rising from the body at the precise time of death The fire is ‘darkened by something that seemed to flutter or move backwards and forwards before it’. Questions about ghost. More evidence of real haunting – no real explanations given for ghostly experiences. Ghost looks different to the child

What is the difference between Q2 and Q4? 2 – Summary of differences – DON’T ANALYSE – more - specific events – comparing the DIFFERENCE 4 – Writers’ views – analysis skills Perspective of the writer (their thoughts) – inferences HOW THEY DO SOMETHING – WHAT THEY USE & HOW IT IMPACTS THEIR VIEWS For this question, you need to refer to the whole of Source A, together with the whole of Source B. Compare how the writers convey their different views on the strange things that happen. In your answer, you could: compare their different views on the strange things that happen compare the methods the writers use to convey their different views support your response with references to both texts. [16 marks]

Model Q2: Although both texts are about ghosts,…………………………………………………………………. In Source A, the strange things that happen are…………… Whereas in Source B……………. It is clear in Source A that…………………………………….. However, in Source B……………………. The strange things that happen in both sources are……………………………………………………..

Home Learning Write your Q4 response in detail. You need to spend 15 minutes on it. If you would like to complete a practice Q3 then the question is: Q3: You now need to refer only to Source A from lines 14 to 21. How does the writer use language to describe the strange things witnessed by the ghost-hunter? [12 marks]

Paper 2 Revision Continued.. L.O. To understand, interpret and compare 2 texts. To develop ability to tackle Q4 in Paper 2. Do you believe in ghosts? Do the writers? Image is hyperlinked to theme tune to play as they come in

Who are the main people in the Sources Who are the main people in the Sources? What do they believe about ghosts? Compare how the writers convey their different views on the strange things that happen. Source 1 – Jack Pleasant – writer Sceptical – partially agrees with the mystery behind it but doesn’t want to agree just yet that it is the supernatural – looking for more logic - Andrew Green – ghosthunter He believes in ghosts but not in the traditional sense – talks about it as something ‘living’ – believes in electrical impulses given off people and their emotions Source 2 - Sophia Elizabeth de Morgan – writer She believes that ghosts truly exist – when she writes about Mrs D she gives two different stories  she talks about how Mrs D is trustworthy - Mrs D_______ - an uneducated woman who believes she had seen spirits First experience at the age of 16 – sees something of a sick child – death – they’re all ‘bad’ – ghost appears after life - peaceful

Q4 – who is the question asking us about? For this question, you need to refer to the whole of Source A, together with the whole of Source B. Compare how the writers convey their different views on the strange things that happen. In your answer, you could: compare their different views on the strange things that happen compare the methods the writers use to convey their different views support your response with references to both texts. [16 marks]

Of course he was proved right! (This ghost malarky is all nonsense!) What are the writers’ views on the strange things that happened in the Sources? Of course he was proved right! (This ghost malarky is all nonsense!) Sophia Elizabeth de Morgan – writer Source 2 Jack Pleasant – writer Source 1 Mrs D________ was definitely telling the truth. I know it!

Q4 - For this question, you need to refer to the whole of Source A, together with the whole of Source B. Compare how the writers convey their different views on the strange things that happen. In your answer, you could: compare their different views on the strange things that happen compare the methods the writers use to convey their different views support your response with references to both texts. [16 marks]

Q4 Possible structure Uses first-hand account of a ghost hunter Source 1-writer’s view about strange things happening Method used to show this view Evidence Analysis Compare Source 2-writer’s view about strange things happening Doesn’t believe in ghosts Uses first-hand account of a ghost hunter ‘As much as 98% of the hundreds of ghost investigations I’ve carried out have proved to have non-occult explanations’ ‘Of course he was proved right’ Makes his view seem believable – evidence and an expert Similar method – first hand but different viewpoint – She DOES believe in ghosts Believes in spirits when people die Uses first-hand account of an eye witness – not an expert though ‘To me, therefore, the account of the second vision confirmed the truth of the first.’ The writer believes Mrs D____’s account and that spirits exist. She tries to justify her reasons …

Q4 Writing – Class Model

Q4 Writing – Class Model - on the strange things that happen. In both sources, there is a strong sense of suspense and not knowing the truth about the strange things that happen. In Source 1, the ghosthunter offers two insights into his experiences of the ‘supernatural’, commenting that “as much as 98% of the ghost investigations carried out have been non-occult” and that “electrical impulses” given out by people “manifests [to form an image]”. As Pleasant relays the story of the ghost-hunter, it is clear that the statistic of “98%” and the reference to “non-occult” demonstrates his sceptical views on the supernatural as being the cause of the strange things he witnesses; this would challenge Pleasant’s views as he is seeing the ghosthunter as someone who is reasonable and makes the so-called ‘supernatural’ events seem logical.

In both sources, there is a strong sense of suspense and not knowing the truth about the strange things that happen. In Source 1, the ghosthunter offers two insights into his experiences of the ‘supernatural’, commenting that “as much as 98% of the ghost investigations carried out have been non-occult” and that “electrical impulses” given out by people “manifests [to form an image]”. As Pleasant relays the story of the ghost-hunter, it is clear that the statistic of “98%” and the reference to “non-occult” demonstrates his sceptical views on the supernatural as being the cause of the strange things he witnesses; this would challenge Pleasant’s views as he is seeing the ghosthunter as someone who is reasonable and makes the so-called ‘supernatural’ events seem logical. In Source B, the writer also provides two insights into the experiences with the ‘supernatural’, but the insight into the strange events is very different. The writer in this source uses the experiences of Mrs D of seeing a ghost after a child’s death. In both accounts, Mrs D describes supernatural sightings; in the first, she sees a ghost “fatter and younger” than the dying child and in the second the “darken[ing]” of the “fire”; here, the writer explores how the supernatural sightings show a better version of our human selves after death and perhaps these sightings show that they have rested in peace. Clearly, the view of the writer in Source B is more accepting of the validity of the witness accounts and feels more convinced by the supernatural experienced by Mrs D.