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Paper 1 Practice for EngLit

[March] [March] by Benjamin Grossberg is a poem about a first person speaker’s experience with grief, eight months after the loss of a loved one. The author uses similes and metaphorical language related to forest fires to create imagery of the painful impact of loss in his life. That allows us to unpack and recognise…

Fair is Fair Contextual Considerations

NOT DONE What contextual (social/cultural/political etc) considerations* does the section you have examined engage with and how? *local issues / socio-political or cultural concerns The broader thematic significance of “Fair is Fair” would fall under age and generational schisms in the context of the Singapore 2011 elections. This section challenges the reductive view of uncles…

The Wild Geese: Historical Context and Perspective

English 30 Oct lesson notes/ELP Historical context and perspective What is Ogai Mori’s perspective of Japan and its relationship with the West at this time, and what aspects of the story have given you these ideas? “Ogai’s antagonism toward this new movement perhaps deepened his recognition of the richness of his own…

Links to Other Work for English

Running document with notes: the following document also includes snippets of class discussions, and insightful comments/ contributions from classmates. Other work submitted during G11: Opening Statements: How does Lit affect us? Why write? Why read? – August 2019 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k10A88JHAFiNpCg66peAYrW-VLSU_68CLSmi_oy55BY/edit?usp=sharing Fun Home Analysis: Panel Comparison – September 2019 https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Cg0V87QzHYP10FMP2tUSAJswBnOnkO2I5xgec8jphM/edit?usp=sharing Cosi: Intertextuality – October 2019 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OuoOdOJtwD4MLkL7OlCEgUIZXyCv8d6-EIgOJJmdkps/edit?usp=sharing IO…

ELP post – narrative techniques, point of view and perspective

English 15 sept ELP post – Skim re-read the slideshow (slides 1-18 with links to 2 activities), and write a short ELP response to the following prompt: How has your understanding of narrative technique, point of view and perspective developed / deepened so far? Refer to last year’s texts and the passages we’ve looked at…

Intertextuality in Fun Home – ELP Post

Homework 1. To consolidate your understanding of intertextuality, write an ELP post based on steps 3 and 4 of this slide (3-4 paragraphs – about 10 mins thinking/reading, 10-15 mins writing) 2. Spend 5 mins thinking about a global issue that your supplementary graphic novel and Fun Home have in common. Maybe begin to identify moments in…

“Powerful drama is as much about visual spectacle as about dialogue.” – Così 1

ENGLISH – Monday October 7 2019 For Tuesday, Write an ELP response – about 500 words – to the following (exam Paper 2-style) question, and post the link on dropbox. “Powerful drama is as much about visual spectacle as about dialogue.” In what ways does Nowra make powerful use of the visual elements of his…

Fun Home – identity 1

What makes the artistic/literary representation of people (or places and cultures) – and their various social identities – so complex? I think the most basic idea to summarise an answer to this question would be that everyone has a different perspective of what the “correct” representation is. Most people want to be recognised in literature….

Personal Statement – Grade 9

“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince There are so many aspects of my life that I have chosen to invest my time in, and aspects I’m not even particularly passionate about. I am…

GPERS – Human Rights, Universalism and Cultural Relativism

I believe the 30 basic human rights should be universal, regardless of culture, background or anything. Or at the least, there are few that should be considered fundamental and enforced to protect the people of a country. Looking at ‘the Girl in the River’ documentary as a case study, some human rights that were mentioned…