Areas of improvement : learn about the authorial choices make more links with the global issue and choose one aspect make specific connections to the extracts make more in depth connections use better vocabulary organise oral Strengths : understood the concept of both texts was able to identify the purpose and audience for each text […]
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English – Mary (Woman’s World)
NOTES : Reported speech: Reported Speech (also called Indirect Speech) is used to communicate what someone else said, but without using the exact words. A few changes are necessary; often a pronoun has to be changed and the verb is usually moved back a tense, where possible. Idiolect – the speech habits peculiar to […]
English – Where do you live?
What do you consider are your prized possessions? phone (contacts, pictures) physical photographs some of my clothes (traditional clothing) Who are the people you consider your family? father, mother, brother (immediate family) some of my close/best friends grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins What does “safe” look like to you? being around family and friends calm […]
English – Woman’s World page 262-274 analysis
What prompts Roy to admit that he must ‘give up’ Norma? Fear of his perception of what happened Mr hands Desire for normalcy – marry eve Shame – police Why does he find it so hard to do : Identity – his alter ego is his main identity interests/passion – in fashion and […]
English – ‘How to attract a women without even trying’ edited
Attracting the opposite sex is probably one of the most common aims of advertising companies. This particular text is completely focussed on this target. This advertisement was likely published in a newspaper/magazine in 1996 in the USA. During this period, gender stereotypes were different and feminism was becoming more prominent. However this advertisement does somewhat […]
English – ‘How to attract women without even trying’ Ad
Guiding question : Discuss how the language features both written and visual, aim to persuade the readers of this advertisement to think and behave ———————————————————————————————————————- This advertisement, that was published in the USA, in 1996 has attempted to persuade men to believe that women find men more attractive when they are passive. In […]
CAS Portfolio (Badminton)
12.11.19 This week we had the first two lessons of badminton, in which I faced quite a few challenges. (LO1) I was able to acquire quite a few new skills in the first lesson. Initially we had to work individually in which I was able to learn different skills in playing badminton (how to serve, […]
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Woman’s World IO
Visual and Lexical elements page 16 & 17 everything i should have said : I will be focusing on a book called “Woman’s World” by Graham Rawle. This book was set in the 1960’s and told a story of the struggles that people in the 1960’s faced, how Roy, and his sister Norma’s struggle to […]
Chapter 1 Woman’s World Themes
Themes : identity Norma Norma dictates femininity to be precise and something that is a challenge. It is something to be careful about as there is an ideal image created. If Norma steps out of those boundaries of being a “woman,” she then is in danger of being recognized as a cross-dresser. Confidence, positive, strong, […]