I listed out the points i was going to cover in my HL essay on a whiteboard as seen below. Then I used an A3 piece of paper to break it down into the style of my graphic organiser and figured out in the corner the order of my essay. My planned order is Intro […]
English Learner Portfolio
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Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath is a feminist poet who suffered from mental health issues. Her first poem was at 8 and her father died shortly after. This effected her greatly throughout her life and she suffered from depression, self harm, and suicidal behaviour. Her collection of poems ‘Ariel’ were unreleased poems she wrote before she died that […]
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Death Of the Author
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byi4pebCPYBxQnZ1TXE4cjY0RGc/view 6 quotations Death Of the Author What does this approach mean for the relationship between readers, writers, and text? quote 1- literature is neutral voice of authors gone literature is precisely the invention of this voice, to which we cannot assign a specific origin: literature is that neuter, that composite, that oblique into which […]
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Moments of Tension- Atonement
Atonement moments of tension in the scene where Lola takes the role of Arabella from Briony page 13-14
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Law > Morality, english discussion
In english class we has a group discussion about whether law is more important that morality. Some people believe there to be things that everyone can decide upon to be moral and those things are to be law, and the rest of the laws to be a guideline framework to figure out the morality and […]
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HL english essay personal feedback
let the experts speak for you (throughout) follow up questions- with agreement or challenge you analysis of the text is excellent and you have a thoughtful meaningful line of inquiry use shorter specific quotations shorter word count let the experts say “according to…” when making points lead back to the question and follow them up […]
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HL essay feedback notes
put question at the top use it to guide the text include course concepts creative, identity structure the essay introduce text, themes, context clear line of inquiry cohesive thread be selective with what you include dont analysis whole text foreground the writer say their name! dont waste time retelling the story assume they know it […]
The Tragic & Serious becoming Comic- Mindmap
Stuff is funny in “Fun Home” and “The Importance of Being Earnest” due to humour and irony. How does the tragic/serious and comic come together to what effect?
Fun Home Analysis
My definition so far of what a graphic text is that it is a story that is accompanied by images. I keep my definition very loose as there are many creative ways that people can find to make graphic texts so the definition should be open for more possibilities. The speech and narrative language work […]
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IB English: Chosen article: Millennials guide to kissing
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/fashion/a-millennials-guide-to-kissing.html What is revealed about the writer? Emma Court is the author and is a millennial college student at the time of this article She cares about what others think of her- thinking of the orthodox woman She likes romantic things even if they are cliche When texting him “she didn’t like how far away […]