English St John's Academy Perth

All folio pieces should have the questions at the top in italics.  The house style is Times New Roman 12 point.  All poetry quotations of more than one line should be in verse form, indented and tabulated.  All quotations should be in italics.  Check that you deal with the key terms of the question in the introduction and return to these in the conclusion.  Ensure you analyse techniques and do not just tell the story.  Always make some personal comments to show your reactions to the texts and to show that you engage with the texts. Make sure your name is on every folio piece. (Header and footers are optional).

For revisiting  former pieces of work look at the guidance sheets to be found here or on the wiki site:

http://englishstjohnsacademy.edublogs.org

http://englishatstjohns.wikispaces.com/S4+WAR+THEME

Or follow the links at the side here.

For the Critical Essay paper you need to revise from The Great Gatsby workbook containing the textual analyses and concentrate on characterisation and setting. Learn your quotations so that you can choose appropriate phrases from them.

For Poetry, prepare by using the notes you have made from answering the questions on The Box Room. You will need to consider the use of poetic techniques especially the persona of the girlfriend, her relationship with the prospective mother-in-law and how this changes her view of her boyfriend. You will need to be able to analyse the effects of the techniques used and quote extensively.

For Macbeth you will need to know Act 1 thoroughly and be able to quote and analyse why Macbeth often changes his mind.  What are the effects of his wife, the witches, his own ambition and his conscience? How do circumstances affect his actions?

You should also look over past Close Reading papers to see the types of question being set and understand what the examiner is looking for.  You will have some revision sheets to help you.

S3/4 FOLIO WORK ON “THE GIFT OF THE MAGI” by O HENRY.

A digital copy of the short story can be found here: THE GIFT OF THE MAGI (BLOGROLL)

OR cut and paste this address into your browser -

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=2324609

Further help and notes are to be found here: THE GIFT OF THE MAGI WIKI (BLOGROLL)

OR cut and paste this address into your browser -

http://englishatstjohns.wikispaces.com/THE+GIFT+OG+THE+MAGI

For S4 the deadline date is Tuesday January 10 2012; for S3 the date will be Monday January 16 2012.

DULCE ET DECORUM EST

Click on title above for the movie.

The checklist for the folio piece on this poem is accessible on the wiki if you follow this link:

http://englishatstjohns.wikispaces.com/DULCE+ET+DECORUM+EST

Please ensure you deal with ALL the techniques highlighted in red on the poem; also make sure your essay is long enough – 600- 800 words for Credit.

If you do not have MS WORD software, these files are available by using OpenOffice which can be downloaded FREE: openoffice.org

On Thursdays at 3.30-4,30 until the S4 prelims there will be Study Support in FF034. This is to ensure all folio work is completed up to date and to prepare for Prelims and NABs.

HELP WITH FOLIO PIECES ON THE WAR THEME

Please look at the guidance sheets found in the wiki. These will give guidance on structure; help with checklist; help with use of quotation.

To view this click on the S4 WAR THEME link in the blue margin on the right or cut and paste the following address into your browser:

http://englishatstjohns.wikispaces.com/S4+WAR+THEME

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEUAD9-308Q

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Lzo_EXXOQ&feature=related

For help with folio re-drafting, please attend Study Support. We are offering Study Support on Thursday September 29 and Wednesday October 5.  See Mr Grant for help on folio pieces W2 and R1 which need to be re-drafted for Tuesday  October 25.

This is a chance to have your folio pieces upgraded with extra help.  You will receive detailed advice about what you need to add to improve your grades and how you should re-draft your work.  Bring along any pen drives or memory sticks with your work.  Bring also your guidance sheets on the folio pieces.

We shall resume Study Support after the October break to concentrate on Close Reading and preparation for the Prelims in November.

Next week we shall be continuing work on PEE analysis of two key scenes from “The Great Gatsby”.

For Monday, please complete the tasks set on Friday.

For next Friday, please complete the Close Reading task “The Cost of Cheap Chic” and check answers with the key in the wikispaces site: HEngStC.wikispaces.com.

Next week you should have completed the questions on Gatsby up to Chapter V.

Your Creative Writing essays should be complete.  You may want to redraft or add to them at your leisure.

Some interesting sites are given here to help with your analysis of personal reading and literature.  yhese should help you prepare for Critical Essays on personal reading:

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/

http://sparknotes.com/

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/