3:053:05 – I can’t help you out here, sis. Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013 A4 Lined Paper Title: Real Time Exam Preparation. (52 mins per q) On the day: 10 MINUTES PLANNING TIME. Today: 15 minutes. 1 – Choose the most difficult question. Copy it onto a4 lined. 1b – Highlight the key words in the question. Consider words like ‘present’ ‘appear’ ‘explore’ ‘consider’ ‘effective’ ‘show’. Use a reading strategy: WWWWH. What quotes will be most suitable? Where in the novel/play does the event happen? (Act 1,2,3?) (Early, mid-way, further in the novella?) When do significant events happen? (Including historical context) Why do characters respond and act as they do? How will I investigate/explore these points? Make notes regarding the reading strategy to be employed. 2 – Write sccceptre (using your memory) and now make brief notes as to how elements of the acronym link to the question; what you might say; how you’ll use them etc. 3 – Write pearls as a reminder (the words, not just the acronym) 4 – Now write ALL of your quotes and then order them. Remember, you might not need to use all of them. Include STAGE DIRECTIONS. Write the full quotes? 5 – Choose 2-3 of your quotes, highlight selected words and prepare to use ECU for single or two-word phrases within these quotes. Link meaning to greater themes and the question itself.

3:053:05 – I can’t help you out here, sis. Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013 A4 Lined Paper Title: Real Time Exam Preparation. (52 mins per q) 20 minutes. IN SILENCE. THIS WORK WILL BE PHOTOCOPIED. KEEP YOUR H/W NEAT! 1 –Choose two elements of sceptre and compose two PEARLS paragraphs for each element. At this point, do not worry about your introduction paragraph. Ensure the ‘S’ point of your paragraph. Include: historical context, theme, stage directions and author’s intentions. If you cannot do this within your two paragraphs, compose a third separate one. 10 minutes. 2 – Using green pen, complete an ECU focus on one your peer’s quotes. LOTS for a LITTLE. EG: One line = 5-7 lines of analytical, exploratory response. Time permitting? Discuss and share. Questions? ENSURE YOU PROVIDE YOUR A3 POSTERS AND TODAY’S WORK.

YT Links: Link 1 – Sceptre and Pearls Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013

PEARLING for success Sunday, 15 November 2015 Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013

PMake a POINT ESupport it with EVIDENCE (a quotation) AANALYSE the evidence R RESPOND to it personally/ as an audience L Link forward to next paragraph or back to the question Essay: What is the significance of Arthur Birling in Act 1? PEARLS are made from GRIT – it takes time and does not always work. GRIT is a synonym for hard work! Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013

Point Write a thesis statement that you go on to evidence with a quotation. (This statement can be lifted directly from your introduction, or re-phrased.) e.g. “ In the play, Priestley is intending to present Capitalists as evil or unpleasant in order to promote his Socialist views.” Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013

Evidence Your evidence must support the point you are making! E.g. “He presents Birling as arrogant and ignorant when he claims that “ the Germans don’t want war” and claims that the Titanic is “absolutely unsinkable”. Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013

Analysis You have a quotation. Analyse it by doing one or more of the following: Comment on the vocabulary used Comment on imagery Use of punctuation? Is there a literary technique being used?. Priestley has set his play in 1911 and it was premiered in Since no one in the audience will recognise any validity in his claim about the Germans, Priestley has presented Birling in a negative light. This dramatic irony continues with the repetition of “unsinkable” with reference to the most famous maritime disaster in history Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013

Let’s check that: Priestley has set his play in 1911 and it was premiered in Since no one in the audience will recognise any validity in his claim about the Germans, Priestley has presented Birling in a negative light. This dramatic irony continues with the repetition of “unsinkable” with reference to the most famous maritime disaster in history. Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013 Contextual knowledge Clear link to the text and relation to point Technical lexis Zoomed in on key word

RESPONSE? What is the audience’s (or your) emotional response? Here, it might be: Recognising that Birling, and therefore all Capitlists are ignorant and arrogant. Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013

P+E+A+R+__ In the play, Priestley is intending to present Capitalists as evil or unpleasant in order to promote his Socialist views. He presents Birling as arrogant and ignorant when he claims that “ the Germans don’t want war” and claims that the Titanic is “absolutely unsinkable.” Priestley has set his play in 1911 and it was premiered in Since no one in the audience will recognise any validity in his claim about the Germans, Priestley has presented Birling in a negative light. This dramatic irony continues with the repetition of “unsinkable” with reference to the most famous maritime disaster in history. The audience relate Birling to all Capitalists and thus see him as a despicable figure. Write the link to complete this paragraph. Jonathan Peel UCGS 2013