Mary Oliver Prep

Hello,

A link to Lannan talks with Mary Oliver reading from her poems and a conversation with Coleman Barks, please watch, take notes and be prepared to discuss on Monday.

http://www.lannan.org/lf/rc/event/mary-oliver/

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/travel/05oliver.html landscapes she has written about

http://www.orrt.org/oliver/criticism.html literaty criticism

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/11-ways-to-celebrate-national-poetry-month-with-the-new-york-times/ ideas for prompting thought about poetry as a genre

http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2008/03/johnny-depp-bill-clinton-and-mary.html

http://people.bridgewater.edu/~sgallowa/386/oliver.htm links to many poems online

Cover for Monday

Cover for Monday

Periods 1 and 2 Year 13

Please read pages 11-19 (photocopies are at the side of the room above cupboards) Taken from English A1 textbook which work on developing analytical skills for yourUnseen exam in February.

Please complete the activity questions on pages 12, 16, 17 and 18.

These must be finished for h/w ready for Tuesday’s lesson.

Last Minute Revision for IOCs

Dear all,

Please, please spend this weekend re-familiarising yourselves with all the poems and Othello. Plan! As we did in class- practise preparing a poem or extract for commentary. Give yourselves 20 minutes- try it in pairs.

Points to remember:

Address both guiding questions

Othello extracts will NOT be longer than 50 lines- so you need a massive focus on techniques and language.

Have a thesis, not a rambling intro.

You will have to speak for 12 minutes

Bring in pen, pencil and higlighter.

Questions we ask are designed to help you- take your rime, think before you answer.

Structure your commentary carefully- why are you talking about, say, Iago's duplicitous characterisation first.

Use formal, literary language and terms.

Look back on your notes- remember some of our notes on the poems eg the intertextuality/ biographical details of Owen.

There will be no nasty surprises in the IOC- the poems and questions I have prepared are ones we have discussed, studied and written about in class. Those of you who engage in the lesson will be well prepared!

08.00-08.20: Prep 1 Ho Young
08.20-08.45: Assess 1 / Prep 2 (08.25-08.45) Ho Young/ Bao Anh
08.45-09.10: Assess 2 / Prep 3 (08.50-09.10) Bao Anh/ Tu Bao
09.10-09.35: Assess 3 / Prep 4 (09.15-09.35) Tu Bao/ Bernard
09.35-10.00: Assess 4 / Prep 5 (10.05-10.25) Bernard/ Kirsty
10.00-10.25: Break
10.25-10.50: Assess 5 / Prep 6 (10.25-10.50) Kirsty/ Ezra
10.50-11.15: Assess 6 Ezra


Whe you're not in the study room in the 1st floor preparing or doing your IOC, you should be in the library preparing- it has been booked for you guys alone. Once you have done your IOC, you go to lessons as normal.

All that remains for me to say s GOOD LUCK! I hope you all perform as I know you can.

If you have any questions over the weekend, please email me on davidpollicutt@bisvietnam.com

I think there will be some very relieved and happy students on Tuesday!

H/W- due Monday 6th sEPT

What is the poetic voice of this poem (EG: 1st / 3rd person; who)? What is significant / interesting about the way Sassoon uses it in this poem?

List all the verbs Sassoon uses to describe the soldier’s grief – what effect does this have?

Why does Sassoon describe the soldier as lying ‘half-naked’ – how does this present the soldier?

Do you think the last two lines represent Sassoon’s true feelings? Whose viewpoint does he represent here?

What is Sassoon’s overall attitude to the war and military authorities?

eNJOY- and read that link below.

And watch and laugh at Tu Bao's video.

Link to read

check out this link - interesting thesis on Sassoon and Owen- especially good on social/ historical context/ impact on their poetry.


http://web.mit.edu/bnewbold/Public/tomschilling-21L-thesis-FINAL.pdf

IOPs

If any of you need help with your IOP over Christmas, please do not hesitate to contact me, wither on here or my BIS email address. Your IOPs should be pretty much ready to go by the time we come back to school.

Ezra, are you aware that the blog video contains several members of your family gazing into the webcam?

Well done with all your hard work this term chaps. Please think/ plan/ work on your IOPs over Christmas.

Have a restful break though.

Mr Pollicutt

Marking my IOP

A-3
B-4
C-5
D-3

How i can improve

• Analyse more on the effects of literary features
• To improve my structure of my IOP I could next time refer back to the thesis statement that I had in my introduction.
• My presentation should be more convincing
• I didn’t really have a precise and cosies speech
• I didn’t have much critical analysis


My IOP questions

Paul Marshall
1. Because of Paul Marshall's high class, what characteristics has he received?
2. How has Paul Marshall's dialogue affected his characteristics?
3. What characteristics has Paul Marshall have, that made him seem so innocent by the other characters?


Cecilia
1. To what extent is Cecilia responsible?
2. To what extent is Cecilia mature?
3. What characteristics has Cecilia received from domestic space?


Briony
1. For what reason does Briony want to receive atonement?
2. What characteristics has Briony received from being a narrator?
3. To what extent is Briony mature?

VAD

VAD stands for Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Kirsty is a herbert.

COMMENTS ON MY IOP and IOP QUESTIONS ON EACH CHARACTER.

Criterion A: I have analysed on how McEwan portrayed war through the main characters. I looked on the effects that each character has on the novel to depict war, and looked at how war existed not only on the battlefield, but also within them.

Criterion B: I did not analyse the extracts and the quotations well, but I have analyse a couple poem extracts to depict WWI and the Edwardian society. I have not used a lot of literary techniques and devices. I should have commented more on the work of McEwan, rather than focusing on the characters themselves.

Criterion C: I have not have a logical structure, sometimes there are still confusions within my IOP.

Criterion D: The language in my IOP is not considered very advanced, and I have not used various literary terms.

BRIONY: To what extent does Briony achieve atonement in the novel?

CECILIA: How is Cecilia described as immature through looking at her actions, behaviours and attitude?

PAUL MARSHALL: By having a close discussion on Paul Marshall’s class status, why do you think class divisions lead the Tallis family to misinterpret Paul Marshall, resulting in Lola sexual invasion?

Well done Tu Bao and Bao Anh- What scores did you award yourselves?

WHERE ARE THE REST OF YOUR SELF-ASSESSMENTS?!

Well done Tu Bao and Bao Anh- What scores did you award yourselves?

WHERE ARE THE REST OF YOUR SELF-ASSESSMENTS?!

Comments on my IOP

Comments on my IOP

Criterion A: I think I had a lot of connection back to the Edwardian idea, where masculinity was dominance and how the genders were being reversed. I had very extensive quotations to prove my points

Criterion B: I believe I have put a lot of personal though into this IOP, many of the sentences later on starts with “I think” and “I believe” which emphasis my personal view on the specific topic. I also analyze literary techniques that were shown in the quotations I choose as a bonus.

Criterion C: I think I fell down a bit on structure, but I tried my best to make my structure clear and well-built by introducing clearly at the start of each new section. I also had a clear introduction and conclusion to initiate and end the flow of the IOP.

Criterion D: Most of the language I choose to use in the IOP was quite complex and had a flourishing element to them; which helped boost the flow of the IOP in general.

Comments on my IOP and questions on characters in Atonement.

Criterion A: I looked at the novel in context of society in World War One, the Edwardian period, and I looked at many parts of the novel, not only concentrating on one part.

Criterion B: I did analyse the quotations pretty well, but I could identify more literary techniques and analyse in greater details the quotations. And also consider the intentions of Barker, rather than only considering the character.

Criterion C: I think I did follow a logical structure, and that there is an argument being made towards the end. However, I should link back to the argument that Rivers is regenerated throughout my IOP.

Criterion D: I didn't use much literary terms, but my style and register is appropriate.

Questions:

Cecilia: What are the changes in Cecilia throughout the novel? How is Cecilia characterized by Ian McEwan in the novel?

Briony: To what extent is Briony atoned in the novel Atonement? How does the author Ian McEwan uses Briony to foreshadow the events that are to come in the novel?

Paul Marshall: What is the significant of Paul Marshall to the novel Atonement? What is the author trying to depict through the character Paul Marshall?

•How does Paul Marshall escape blame as Lola's attacker? What signs point to his guilt?
•What evidence is there to suppose or vindicate Danny Hardman?
•What is the function of Emily Tallis in the story?
•What is the function of Jack Tallis in the story?
•What is the function of the Quincey twins in the story?
•What is the function of the vase in the story?

Mr Pollicutt's IOP

See my really boring IOP here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zht7ARB-TMQ

Mark it! What do I need to do?!

Mr Minford's model IOP- mine to follow shortly- the shame!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RztOPyosr-c

Homework

homework for today's class: Prep for IOP


lPrepare a 5-7 minute individual presentation on one of the following topics:
1.A comparison of Barker’s portrayal of both Rivers and Yealland (and their different approaches to treatment)
2.An analysis of the extent to which WWI expanded and/or tightened traditional social barriers and expectations
3.An exploration of one of the major characters, and how they are significant to the overall themes/viewpoints that Barker wishes to portray
4.An exploration of the presentation of trauma and/or regeneration
lIn your presentation, you should include:
lSome visual stimulus (PowerPoint, Poster, Handouts etc)
lPersonal opinion / interpretation of the novel and its aims


thank you
lClose analysis of at least one short passage (language, symbolism)