Reflection mid-term/mock 2025

• Engels
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• GCSE

Vera 

Tilly 

Annefleur

Eva 

Simar 

Guusje 

Luuk 

Viola 

Eliza

Joel 

Kristof

Juul 

Mitch 

Emma 

Goals for today 

Considering the mid-term examinations

Example responses 

Noticing where to improve and thinking about how to improve 

If this is a Man further analysis

Reflection mid-term/mock 2025

Relate

Relatable 

Reflection mid-term/mock 2025

 . . to demand that a work be “relatable” expresses [an] expectation: that the work itself be somehow accommodating to, or reflective of, the experience of the reader or viewer. The reader or viewer remains passive in the face of the book or movie or play: she expects the work to be done for her. If the concept of identification suggested that an individual experiences a work as a mirror in which he might recognize himself, the notion of relatability implies that the work in question serves like a selfie: a flattering confirmation of an individual’s solipsism [. . . ]To appreciate “King Lear”—or even “The Catcher in the Rye” or “The Fault in Our Stars”—only to the extent that the work functions as one’s mirror would make for a hopelessly reductive experience. But to reject any work because we feel that it does not reflect us in a shape that we can easily recognize—because it does not exempt us from the active exercise of imagination or the effortful summoning of empathy—is our own failure. It’s a failure that has been dispiritingly sanctioned by the rise of “relatable.” 

Rebecca Mead in The New Yorker 

Reflection mid-term/mock 2025

1. want to read on 
   
2. come across as 
   
3. relatable 
   
4. paints a picture in the head
   
5. audience does not get bored
   
6. goes on about 
   
7. sucks in the listener 
   
8. forcing the reader to 
   
9. take the pressure off 
   
10. manipulating 
    
11. all in for 
    
12. nudge them (the reader/audience) 
    

• descriptive language to convey a strong visual image 
  
• coax/entice the reader to 
•  releasing tension 
• emphasises 
  
• captivate/ beguile the listener 
  
• intrigues/captivate/entertain the reader
• persuading the listener 
  
• affect the reader
• suggests 
• persuasion/ prompt to 
  

• a positive attitude towards 
  
• engages the reader 

Reflection mid-term/mock 2025

1. want to read on 
   
2. come across as 
   
3. relatable 
   
4. paints a picture in the head
   
5. audience does not get bored
   
6. goes on about 
   
7. sucks in the listener 
   
8. forcing the reader to 
   
9. take the pressure off 
   
10. manipulating 
    
11. all in for 
    
12. nudge them (the reader/audience) 
    

1. intrigues/captivate/entertain the reader 
   
2. suggests 
   
3. affect the reader 
   
4. descriptive language to convey a strong visual image 
   
5. engages the reader 
   
6. emphasises 
   
7. captivate/ beguile the listener 
   
8. persuading the listener 
   
9. releasing tension 
   
10. persuasion/ prompt to 
    
11. a positive attitude towards 
    
12. coax/entice the reader to 
    

Considering response

1. Reread the text that you chose. 

2. Read an example response 

3. Highlight or underline the parts of the response that consider the effect of authorial choices on the reader or audience. 

4. Read your own response and your feedback 

5. Consider this question. What is the difference between your own consideration of the effect on the reader and the highlighted parts of the example given to you? Write your thoughts in your exercise book

Grade your response 

1. Using the assessment criteria, assess your response 
   
2. Complete the form shared with you in MB 
   
3. Receive your results