How do I form a critical and evaluative opinion? The BIG Question: How do I form a critical and evaluative opinion? Lamb To The Slaughter What does the title suggest the story will be about? lambs? Really? Why do you think the writer may have chosen this title? The story begins with ‘The room was warm and clean’ – why might the writer have made this choice?

Challenge Yourself: Be critical and confident in my evaluation of the text. Think outside the box with my textual selection (judicious) Keywords: Agree/disagree Arguable/could be argued However/Alternatively In addition/Moreover Suggests/infer/implies Reader Minimum Expectations: Make a clear and relevant response to the focus of the statement, using and justifying my opinion. Clearly explain how a writer uses different methods to affect the reader.

Let’s read the short story

AO4 – Forming Evaluative Opinions Expected: Groups of 4 – Read the true story. Discuss what you think about the event, the build up to the end and the decisions made. Use evidence from the texts and from your own experiences to help support your views and convince others to support them too. What would you have done in a similar situation? Whose fault is it that she reacts the way she does? Are we a society that excuses revenge? Is something that a victim does excusable no matter what? Why or why not?

THINK! What do you think are the key elements to this question? Q4 –Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references (AO4) THINK! What do you think are the key elements to this question? A reader of the story said: “In this section of the text, the writer presents the wife as calm and innocent which makes it impossible to accept her guilt.” To what extent do you agree? In your response, you could: • consider your own impression of what happens • evaluate how much the writer makes you feel annoyed at the husband • support your response with references to the text. [20 marks] Metacognition – dissect the question using the whiteboard or visualiser. Important element here is that students are able to Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references Why do you think this question is worth so many marks? What’s different about examiner’s expectations?

AIR Assessment Band Criteria Level 4 Perceptive, detailed evaluation 16-20 marks Shows perceptive and detailed evaluation:  Evaluates critically and in detail the effect(s) on the reader  Shows perceptive understanding of writer’s methods  Selects a judicious range of textual detail  Develops a convincing and critical response to the focus of the statement Level 3 Clear, relevant evaluation 11-15 marks Shows clear and relevant evaluation:  Evaluates clearly the effect(s) on the reader  Shows clear understanding of writer’s methods  Selects a range of relevant textual references  Makes a clear and relevant response to the focus of the statement A – Acknowledge a strength in the performance __________________________________ I – Set an improvement task R – Respond to your partner’s improvement task in your book in green pen.

AIR Peer Assessment A – Acknowledge a strength in the performance Skill Achieved Analyses the effects of the writer’s choices of structure (B4) Evaluates how individual aspects shift, change, develop (B4) Selects a judicious range of textual detail (B4)   Makes sophisticated and accurate use of subject terminology (B4) Explains clearly the effects of the writer’s choices of structural features (B3) Selects a range of relevant textual detail (B3) A – Acknowledge a strength in the performance ____________________________________________________ I – Set an improvement task R – Respond to your partner’s improvement task in your book in green pen.