1. GCSE English
Week 3

2. Today
Reading for meaning
Write like the writer

3. There are two types of questions you will be asked for reading…
What do you learn about…
How does the writer…

4. HOW does the writer… Paper 1 Question 2 Question 4 (half marks)

5. What do you learn about…
Paper 1
Question 1
Question 3
Question 4 (half marks)
Paper 2
Question 2

6. HOW… Language used in the text. How is an image created?
What is the tone/ mood being created?
Which language devices are used and why?
How is punctuation and sentence length effective?

7. What… Reading between the lines
What do you learn about the characters/ setting etc
What can you infer from the information you are given?
What is implicit/ explicit?

8. Read the questions carefully and make sure you comment on the right bit!
Last year, a lot of marks were lost as students were not answering the question properly!

9. Read through Wuthering Heights from last week
How does the writer show Heathcliff’s despair and frustration?
Look at:
Language techniques used
Sentence forms and punctuation
Remember to include quotations

10. Session 2
What did we do last session?

11. Read the text…
Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.” – Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

12. What language devices has the writer used to get his meaning across?
Have a read through and highlight and label what you can find

13. What did you find? Direct address Rule of 3
Simple sentences/ complex sentences
Repetition
comparisons
Why are these devices in the text? What is the overall effect?

14. What do you learn?
What is the text about?

15. Write like the writer

16. Write your own piece using this as an inspiration
Ideas
Human nature versus animal behaviour
Consciousness versus unconsciousness
Guilt and remorse versus ‘living in the moment’
Regret versus looking forward
How a town looks before and after a storm
Poor versus rich

17. Plan! Write down some descriptive words to start with
Think of the opposite word
Eg: peaceful- chaotic

18. Write a couple of paragraphs
Use the devices you found in the piece.
Think about your style of writing
Use The Timekeeper as a template

19. Read through your work. Make any corrections you can

20. WRITING ABOUT THE SEASONS

21. PICK ONE OF THE SEASONS ON THE PAPER WRITE 10 DESCRIBING WORDS
WRITE DOWN THE 5 SENSES
WRITE 1 SIMILE
WRITE 1 METAPHOR
WRITE 1 PERSONIFICATION

22. PUT YOUR ‘PLAN’ ON THE CORRECT TABLE
PICK A SEASON
LOOK AT THE PLANS
PICK YOUR FAVOURITE WORDS AND EXAMPLES OF LANGUAGE
WRITE THEM IN YOUR BOOKS

23. IMAGINE… You are going to ‘paint a picture’ with your words
Write a description as if you are flying over the top of the scene and describe what happens as you go
Use some of the devices you chose

24. PLEASE WRITE AT LEAST A PAGE
BE AS DESCRIPTIVE AS YOU CAN
Remember to engage your audience!