2A - 20 marker - Thee and thou

 I'll just tell you this as, if it comes up, it might just get you an extra 2 marks.

'Thee' and 'Thou' are both archaic 2nd person pronouns.


Thee is the 'object pronoun'
Thou is the 'subject pronoun'.


So if it gives you 'thee' in the 20 marker, just say:


Thee = second person object pronoun and is an archaic pronoun form.


You'll get 2 marks for that.

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All done!

Sounds like that final unit was a success. Time to switch off now (from English Lang) and enjoy a well earned rest.

I will be in on results day so say hi if you are about.

Otherwise, thanks once again for being a brilliant class. I’ve really enjoyed teaching you all and I wish you all the best!

Happy Summer!

Example commentary PG

Following an established convention of guidebooks, I have used lots of fronted imperatives in order to influence my target audience where to go. The dynamic imperative verbs, ‘Stride’, ‘Walk’ And ‘Wander’ all advise the audience how best to enjoy the attraction in an active way. Similarly, I have met the conventions of the genre by showing a voice of expertise, visible through the verb and first person pronoun, ‘trust us’ and enumerator ‘100’ before the noun phrase ‘years experience’. Both of these examples would imply the organisation was reliable and make the reader more likely to follow the guide. An educational tone, another convention of guides, can be seen where I state ‘This was Shakespeare’s favourite hideaway’ - the proper noun ‘Shakespeare’ and compound noun ‘hideaway’ implying that the audience are being given secret and informative knowledge about the place. Similar to other guides I have read, I have....

Etc etc etc

Notice how the paragraph follows the same pattern repeatedly.

*Identify a convention (making it clear that it is a convention of the genre)

*Give an example of two

*Apply terms

*Discuss the effect on the audience 

You can then follow the exact same structure on your other paragraphs.

COMPONENT 3 SIMPLIFIED

1hr 45 mins long.

Spend about 35-40 mins on section (a)
Spend about 35-40 mins on section (b)
Spend about 30 mins on section (c)

The task will ask you to construct 2 short creative pieces by naming GENRES. For each task just do the following:

The 2 pieces

*Look at the genre
*Decide on 5 conventions you would find in this genre.
*Write a piece which includes these conventions.

SIMPLE!

*If the question requires you to take close inspiration from the stimulus text, make sure you include 3-4 details from the stimulus text.

The Commentary

*Write one big paragraph or two smaller where you talk about all of the genre conventions you included in your work. Name each convention, give an example, analyse key words with terms and discuss the effect on the reader.

*Write one big paragraph or two smaller where you talk about all of the attitudes you included in your work. Name each name each attitude, give an example, analyse key words with terms and discuss the effect on the reader.

THE ABOVE IS AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM.

The more able students among you should attempt to add more paragraphs.

*Write one small paragraph where you talk about all of the influences from the stimulus you included in your work. Identify each influence, give an example, analyse key words with terms and discuss the effect on the reader.

*Write smaller paragraphs where you identify any other deliberate language choices in your work. What did you do, why did you do it, give an example, analyse key words, discuss effect on audience.

READ EVERY BLOG POST I’VE ALREADY PUT ON. THERE IS LOADS ABOUT GENRE CONVENTIONS, WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET AN ODD GENRE ETC.

COMPONENT 3 REVISION SESH

I will put on a last minute revision session tomorrow at 11am for anyone interested. Not sure what rooms are free but head up to the English Office and we’ll find one.

Archaic Verb Inflections

‘Eth’ and ‘est’ are both archaic verb inflections often seen at the end of old verbs.

Est = 2nd person
Eth = 3rd person

Mention the tense of the verb too (present/past)