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EngelsUpper Secondary (Key Stage 4)GCSE

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Goals for today 

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Paper 2 concepts and Questions

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Human Experience concepts Literature  
The Great Gatsby 
Human Experience Concepts: 
Belonging    Dreams    Authenticity    Insecurities 

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Concepts we generated: 
Power dynamics, oppression, patriarchy, identity, rebellion 
Concepts HL literature The Handmaid's Tale

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Central concepts in The White Tiger
Inequality corruption education freedom 

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Concepts  
A Doll's House 
Concepts we generated: 
Identity, (marriage) relationships, ethics, gender roles, money 

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Concepts  
Carol Ann Duffy 
Concepts 
Love          loss    gender   politics        capitalism 

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Concepts 
A Clockwork Orange 
Concepts: The inviolability of free will, Manipulation, Power, Violence, Language and communication

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Concepts HL Lit 
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 
Concepts to consider: trauma, identity (sexuality), language,    racism, memory




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Act 1
Concepts  
If This is a Man 
Concepts we generated (top 5): 
Dehumanization,(loss of) identity, humanity, language & morality 

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Concepts 
Othello 
Concepts we generated: Jealousy, manipulation, trust, race, love 






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Concepts HL Lang Lit 
The Things they Carried
Concepts we generated: 
friendship or relationships, trauma, tragedy, responsibility, love



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Concepts HL language and literature in 1984
    Concepts we generated:
    Control, Rebellion, love, totalitarianism, sex


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    Concepts 
    Szymborska's poetry 
    Concepts: warfare, the human condition, nature, trauma, grief 






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    Concepts 
    Macbeth 
    Concepts: Ambition gender roles power appearance vs reality supernatural 






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    Add to the works the IB concept(s) that you feel align with these works. You can add as many as you feel are applicable. 

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    Paper 2 questions 
    In general there are three areas which the paper 2 questions focus on:
    1. The context of composition: For what reasons do writers write? How do contextual factors such as time and place, influence their writing? 
    2. Style or technique: How do writers write? What choices do they make? What techniques do they use to convey their message? 
    3. The context of interpretation: How do readers read literary works? How does the context of the reader determinate reception of a text? 
    4. Topic or theme: What is the message of a work? What themes do the works explore? How do they comment on these themes? 

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    Consider when you are arguing your main claim: 

    characterisation, symbols, motifs, themes, narrative structure, character development, narrative perspective, setting(s), names of people and places, literary style, linguistic techniques and stylistic choices. 
    What makes the style of an author recognisable as that author? 



    The question might not specifically ask you to comment on style, but you always should. 

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    1. Authors sometimes tell their stories in a non-linear fashion. Compare how and for what reasons the authors of at least two works that you have read have told their stories in a non-linear fashion. 
    2. The meaning of a literary work can change over time. Compare how the meanings of two literary works that you have read have changed over time. 
    3. 'Fight or flight' is a term used to describe human responses to adverse circumstances. Compare how the authors of two literary works that you have read have depicted such human responses to adverse circumstances. 
    4. Authors often write fiction as a means of social commentary . Compare how the authors of two works that you have read have written works of social commentary.
    Paper 2 - Specimen 1 
    source: Philpot education 

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    1. Literary works are received differently in different places and times. Compare how two literary works that you have read have been received differently by different audiences. 
    2. In what ways and for what reasons do two literary works that you have read appeal to their audiences' eyes and ears? Compare and contrast the ways in which they appeal to the auditory and visual senses of their audiences. 
    3. Literary works often depict struggle between genders. Compare how two of the works that you have read depict a struggle between genders. 
    4. Authors of literary works often write because they feel their stories need to be told. Compare the author's reasons for writing two literary works that you have read. 
    Paper 2 - Specimen 2 
    source: Philpot education 

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    1. Pablo Picasso once said that 'Art is a lie that makes us realise the truth.' Compare how the authors of two literary works help their readers 'realise the truth'. 
    2. One characteristic of a literary work is that it never stops speaking to audiences. Compare how two literary works have continued to speak to their audiences over time. 
    3. Suspense is what keeps readers turning the pages of literary works. Compare and contrast the ways in which the authors of two literary works build suspense and capture the imagination of their readers.
    4. The struggle agains injustice is a theme that speaks to readers. Compare the ways in which the authors of two literary works have depicted unjust worlds. 
    Paper 2 - Specimen 3 
    source: Philpot education 

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    specimen papers 
    work#1 
    work#2 
    work#3
    work#4 
    Non-linear narration 
    Meaning changes over time 
    'Fight or flight'
    Social commentary 

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