Friday, 25 November 2011

Year 12 Homeworks and Comments

Hello all,

Just a quick update.
1) - well done on completing the first Controlled Assessment so well.
2) Your next one is to complete a piece of descriptive writing, as if you were a character in a scene from a film. This will take place in your double lesson on WEDS. However - there may be a problem with the school being shut for strike action - this hasn't been decided yet - if the school is shut, we'lkl just have to do it in the next lesson.

So - you need to prepare for this task and be ready by Wednesday. You need to:
- decide on the scene you want to use and watch it a few times
- decide which character you want to be
- create which tells you what you will write about and in what order
- Read the model answer carefully (provided in class) and annotate it for strengths and weaknesses
- Use the videos in the English section of www.youtube.com/cherwellonline to learn and improve your performance on the target areas from your first piece of writing.

Any problems, come and see me or ping me an email.

Have a great weekend,
Mr Boulter

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Year 12s CAs

Hello Year 12,

A quick reminder that you will be doing your Controlled Assessment periods 4 and 5 tomorrow. HOWEVER, if you are doing a November resit, it will make more sense for you to do a Paper 1 Practice, so expect to do this instead.
See you then,
Mr Boulter

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Year 12 Resit links to past papers

All - if you are doing a November Resit, the link to past papers is here:
http://www.aqa.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/english/english-a/english-a-key-materials.php
 click on the link for Past Question Papers and Mark Schemes.

You also need to watch the videos abuot Poetry frmo Other Cultures from Teacher in My Pocket from YouTube.

For ALL of us, a reminder that we are doing a full controlled assessment of one of the writing pieces on Weds 2nd November, so make sure you have planned this and are ready to write it up on this date.

Mr Boulter