Directed Response Essay Analysis [P1, Q1(b)] / Reflective Commentary Essay Analysis [P2, Q1(b)]
The right column of your pre-writing T-Chart from Paper 1, Question 1(a)
Where is your planning for both your written response for Paper 1, Question 1(a) AND Question 1(b)?
To identify your purpose for reading and writing
Why should I read and annotate the writing task prompt?
billboards, newspapers, clippings, tv commercials, infomercials, sponsorships, etc.
What are the different forms of advertsiements?
Mode of Delivery: electronic, oral; typically opinionated, personal perspective, can have more than one speaker
What are the unique characteristics of a pdocast?
Different text types have different conventions or typical characteristics and features
What is form?
Make annotations
What should I include in my 1(a) to support my directed response and reflective commentary essay analysis [1(b)]?
SPACE CAT
What is the acronym for Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, and Tone?
foldable, text, headings and subheading, graphics, contact information, etc.
What features can brochures or leaflets have in common?
Has visual cues (bolded, italics, or underlined words) as reminder for emphasis placement, short paragraphs, uses more figurative language and rhetorical appeals, pacing is important, may switch POVs
How should a speaker prepare a scripted speech for effective spoken delivery?
Look at which conventions are included or excluded, and examine in detail why that choice was made by the author
How can I analyse form?
Genre's form (mimic the genre's features)
How do I demonstrate which genre I am writing in?
GAPS
What is the acronym for:
Genre/Grammar
Audience/Appeals
Purpose/Point-of-View/Perspective
Speaker/Style/Structure/Sentence Syntax?
Structured to communicate with focus on creating an immersive experience for the reader to imagine
What is descriptive writing?
Has salutation, cordiality, sentence station the reason for writing, can include post script
What features does a letter or email have?
Look at how the purpose or audience influences the content.
How can I analyse how form impacts meaning, or context (time period / situation)?
analyse the original source text and compare it effectively to your writing
Why do I need to write a comparative analysis for Paper 1, Question 1(b)'s directed response essay analysis?
AO1: Read and demonstrate understanding of a wide variety of texts.
Which assessment objective is worth 30% of Paper 1, or none of Paper 2?
Personal perspective, with incremental posts that are typically dates, focus on specific topic, can have advertisements embedded within
What are some characteristics of a blog?
First-person perspective, personal narratives about their own life, can include a timeline of events throughout their life, and personal achievements
What is an autobiography?
Text features:
Elements of the specific type of genre type used (like a heading, title, etc.)
italics, bold, underlining
pictures, illustrations, captions
graphs, charts, tables, diagrams, timelines
What are parts of form I can discuss?
The [form of 1(a)'s genre] written for [specify 1(a)'s intended audience] shares some similarities and differences with the (form of the original source text) written for (specify intended audience of the original source text).
How should I write my thesis for Paper 1's Question 1(b)?
80% of Paper 2, and 10 % of Paper 1 depend on your skills and techniques in writing appropriately for the audience, purpose and form specified in the writing taSk prompt(s), as well as writing in a structured way, expressing ideas accurately and clearly, using linguistic and literary features, such as imagery, rhetorical devices or evaluative terms.
How does assessment objective 2 (AO2) benefit my overall papers' score?
A dated entry, personal (maybe even profoundly emotional or poignant), may include rumanation, description, etc.
What will a diary entry look like?
The 4 Key Elements are: a headline, an image/visual (do not draw it, just specify the image you would include), the copy, and the call to action
What are the elements of a print ad?
The verb tense and POV
What else can I look at to help me accurately identify the form/genre? or How else can I write to demonstrate I am writing in the correct genre?
In my (form) written for (audience), I utilize different techniques of form, structure, and language in order to achieve the purpose of (purpose).
How should I write my thesis for Paper 2's Question 1(b)?
Showing pre-meditated organization my writing earns higher marks
Why do I plan / structure my ideas?
Detailed insight on researched topic, has sources (sometimes anonymous whistleblowers), evidence, can take time to gather info prior to publication of results, can be delivered via written, oral, electronic, images, or in combination
What makes investigative journalism unique?
Two types of this: business or science
What are the two types of articles?
advertisements, brochures, blogs, leaflets, editorials, news stories, articles, reviews, letters, podcasts, (auto)biographies, diaries, essays, narratives, scripted speeches, emails
What are the different genres / types of form?