Assessment Feedback – 11th Nov, 2021

HLE; Frankenstein: points to improve on in general: focus on: what is being said; how it is presented; why the authour chose to do this use formal language in essay shorten quotes within essay; take out extra words – this allows for better focus and evaluation/ analysis CONCLUSION: extend evaluation into the conclusion~ explore deeper

Notes on the Practice IO and HLE takeaways – 28th Sept, 2021

Today in class we listened to our classmates present their practice IO; I’m just going to note down some tips and tricks I can use when I do mine I think the reason why I didn’t mark this as highly as expected is becasue the IO was quite short. SAM; What went well: goes into

What is Beauty? – 27th Spet, 2021

Analysis of the “Reverse Selfie” Campaign: Structure Visual narrative “Retouching her face also crops her confidence” Large text, grabs audience’s attention; while sending the message that this brand cares about the impact of social media and targeted advertising on young people, particularly women. Slogan  “Let’s Change Beauty” Bold format for the word “change” to show

First Draft Outline for the Essay

“Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.” Victor’s ambition brings about his downfall. To

IO Notes: listening to IO examples

Sample 2: “Mrs Faust” – Duffy and “Untitled (Money Can Buy You Love)” – Kruger  Global issue statement: The negative effect on relationships of a materialistic society Timings: Track references to the global issue in the examples and the BOW Introduction (0:00-1:36) – introduces the works and how it links to the global issues statement 

Paper 1 Exam Notes- 17th May, 2021

 Key notes to remember for the next assessment: Rhetorical techniques = persuasive language In non-literary texts; find language techniques (EG: Alliteration) Next time make note of: Use of passive voice Use of logos (examples, facts & statistics) Hyperbole When dealing with a webpage: Hyperlinks Text box with hashtags Short paragraphs Informal, simple language (colloquial)

Upcomming Assessment/ new BOW – 25th April, 2021

 Paper 1 tips: introduction add context identify text type who is reading this? be specific thesis breif outline of what techniques are involved  conclusion; don\’t evaluate summarise topic/ essay talk about the specifics but then look at the bigger picture how it adresses the audience another point/ alternate perspective USE THIS FORMAT WHEN ANNOTATING: TEAPCAILM

Sea Turtle Reflection (14th April, 2021)

Visual Language in the Sea Turtle Ad Original Paragraph: The first visual technique used to grab the reader’s attention is the heading and images used in the advertisement. The title of it takes center stage, and in capital letters reads, “MEET THE DUMBEST CREATURE ON THE PLANET”. Here, the use of the adjective “dumbest”, in

Assessment Feedback – Paper 1 (19th March, 2021)

Assessment Feedback (Paper 1) Link to my initial post about my assessment: https://ibdp-english-blog.blogspot.com/2021/03/assessment-refelction-role-play-paper-1.html  My main area of weakness was my conclusion, where I ran out of time and only generally summerised what I was talking about.  Tips: Reverse structure of the introduction  Specific (thesis statement) → more general → wider focus again Avoid repeating word-for-word everything

Assessment refelction (Role Play & Paper 1)

Role Play Assessment For this assessment, we were put in teams to create a role play where we pretended to be different characters in Duffy\’s poems. I was assigned to Little Red-Cap. I was really excited for this role and felt that she had so much potential to be seriously ridiculous. When we were practicing