Language and Gender introductory PowerPoint

Below is a link to the PowerPoint which introduced the module - you may find this useful for terminology and a brief overview of some of the ideas we have discussed and covered this week.

Introductory PowerPoint

Note to all: Please continue to update your blogs weekly - when you progress to A2 you will be using the blogs much more and it will be useful when you come to write your coursework. Please remember to update with not only your notes, but with articles, videos or any research you come across which relates to language that you think you may find useful in the future. Look at blogs on the Guardian, and also the Guardian's language pages as a starting point - the link to this section of the website is in the RSS feed to the right hand side of my blog.

Language and Power - Speeches

Hi Everyone, below is a link to the Prezi we covered in class this week

Speeches

Language and Power introductory powerpoint

A copy of the PowerPoint we covered in class - use this to help you with your presentations.

Language and Power ppt.

15th January - GAP re-cap analysis task

Hello everyone!

Below is your task for the first half of today's lesson.

I have linked you all to a Charlie Brooker blog post in the Guardian in which he discusses inventions such as the 'selfie stick'. It has been a while since we have done a GAP style model analysis, so this task is intended to refresh your memories.

In this task I would like you to identify the GAP, comment on the frameworks used, and comment on the individual language techniques that Brooker uses.

Write this up as a mini-essay, either hand-written or typed. It maybe helpful to you if you print out the article so you can annotate it. We will be leaving for split lunch at 12:55, so you have 45 minutes!

Link to the article:

Never mind the 'selfie stick' or the 'smart belt' – here are some REALLY useful inventions

Commentary PowerPoint

Hi everyone, here is the PowerPoint for the commentaries that we looked at in class.

Commentary PowerPoint

Coursework!

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a nice half-term break and a nice rest; you have all been very productive and the vast majority of you have handed in the first 500 words of both coursework pieces, so well done you!

We will hopefully be having one lesson in the computer room per week, however with computer rooms being so difficult to come by, it may be that you will be sent off to find any available computer for the majority of the lesson, and then report back to class before the lesson is over to tell me what you have done.

As our computer lessons may be a bit scattered, you will need to have a clear plan of how you intend to use the time to keep you on track, and you will need to keep a log of what you have done.

With this in mind, as of today after every computer lesson, I will be creating a master post for all of you to record the work you have done. You will need to comment on the blog post before you return to class with just a few short sentences recording how you have spent the lesson. With so many of you in different rooms, this will help me to gauge how you are getting on, and will also help you to keep on track.

Please remember to check the blog and record your progress.

Claudia

AS Coursework and Half Term

Hi everyone!

The half term break is quickly approaching, and so here is an overview of what you should be working on this week and next and what I would like to see from you when we come back:

1.  You should have written the first 500 words of both coursework pieces. This does not mean I want you to condense your whole piece down to just 500 words - just the introduction and the beginning of the main body of your piece is fine.
2. Your writing needs to show that you know exactly what your topic is, and that you have done some research on the subject matter. Don't worry too much about your bibliography at this point, but just make sure that you know where you have got your information from.
3. It needs to show that you know exactly who your audience is, so you need to make sure that you are writing to suit this demographic. This should also match the audience for your style model.
4. Your style models should be clearly annotated with references to grammatical, lexical, phonological, graphological and discourse frameworks. This is all then linked to the GAP of each text. This will help when you come to write your commentary.

Remember that this is just a draft, and by no means am I expecting perfection! This is just a starting point, so no matter how undeveloped you feel your piece is, I still need to see this after half term to see how you are getting on.

When we get back after half term you will each get feedback for your travel writing, monologue and style model analysis, provided I have them all from everyone before the end of the week.

Have a lovely break and have a rest!

Claudia