using the three skills we developed yesterday…
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Using the three skills we developed yesterday…. Fastest (correct) surface meaning to the board will be the first to get treats. Step One: Skim read the text in front of you and work out the surface meaning. Sum it up on the post it. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Using the three skills we developed yesterday…
Step One: Skim read the text in front of you and work out the surface
meaning. Sum it up on the post it.
Then be prepared to compete with the others in the room to show me what you have learnt and where in
the text you found this out.
Fastest (correct) surface meaning to the board will
be the first to get treats.
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
What do we learn from the text?
I am going to ask you to find the best quotes to
support these three points.
The people who get these (correct) the quickest will receive expensive looking
boiled sweets.
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
Which quote best supports what we have learnt about:1. The reasons for Jonah’s
difficult childhood2. Jonah’s experiences at
school3. The religion that Jonah
found most interesting
Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…”Step One: Skim for surface meaning
Step Two: Infer and deduce what we have learnt Step Three: Retrieve quotes
Finding Peace in Tibet
Jonah Smith had spent most of his life growing up on a Manchester housing estate. Life was tough for Jonah: his mother was addicted to alcohol and he didn’t know his father. As a teenager, Jonah worked in his local corner shop to make enough money to at least feed himself. What little he had left he gave to his mother to try and keep the house running. His mother never used the money for running the house. Jonah knew exactly what she used it for; it was obvious from the pile of cans that he would have to trample over each morning on his was to school. Jonah decided very early on in life that he wanted to be good at something. He knew he didn’t want to be like his mother – though he loved her, he could see that her life had descended into chaos. Jonah worked hard at school, he wasn’t always successful, but none of his reports could fault his hard work and endeavour. Jonah found that he was good at RE. This was an additional problem for him because he knew this was not a subject many of his friends took seriously. However, he found it interesting and liked learning about people from other cultures. One particular religion excited Jonah: he was fascinated by Buddhism. On the internet, Jonah found some information about the Dalai Lama. Having read about his life story, Jonah resolved that this would be his purpose: he wanted to go to Tibet to see where the Dalai Lama lived. Thereafter, Jonah worked extra shifts whenever he could in order to save money. He worked even harder at school to make sure that he got the best grades that he could in order to give him the best chance of getting a better job so he could save even more money.
You should know by now that…
• Question One always asks: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
• It is worth 8 marks.
• You should spend about 12 minutes on this question.
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
Today’s aims…
• To be aware of how to answer question one of the English Language exam
• To be able to work within the time constraints of the exam
• To be able to write a Band Four response
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
Our analogy…
Our analogy for question one is a sieve.
Why do you think this is?
Can you think of any analogies of your own?
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
We need to get rid of all the rubbish…
And just find out what the text is really getting at.
What is it’s meaning?
What is it trying to tell us?
What opinions are present? Meaning
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
Question One always asks: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
In question one you have to do three things:
Show that you
understand the surface meaning of
the text.
Retrieve information –
finding quotations to show that you
understand the meaning.
Read between the lines to
make inferences and assumptions
about the attitudes, tone
and ideas.
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
Speed up: Question One PracticeThe problem is that you won’t have very much time on this in the exam – so we
need to speed up how we skim, infer and retrieve quotes.
Again, you’re going to compete with the others in the room – but this time you
have to work as a team.
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
Speed up: Question One PractiseYou each have a mini text and a grid.
You simply have to skim for the surface meaning, make three points, find evidence to support them, fill in your grid…
Then teach it to your group!The group who ALL complete their table the quickest receive
high quality saccharine delights.
I will be checking your answers are correct
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
Remember what you have to do…
Five minutes reading time…
Your exam is 2 hours 15 minutes. They recommend you spend the first 15 minutes
reading the 3 texts you have.
So I will give you 5 minutes to read the text. Do not begin writing your answer in this time, but
you should PLAN it.
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
You have exactly 12 minutes to write your response…
Aim to write at least three paragraphs.
Don’t forget to quote and try to add as much detail as you can about what you are learning
and inferring.
English Language Unit One Exam: 4th June 2013Question One: “What do we learn from the text about…?”
1. Surface meaning 2. Infer what we have learnt 3. Quote
Time to reflect…
What is the important information you need to
remember in order to answer this question?
Consolidate your knowledge and give yourself some advice – but pass it through the sieve
first – only the most crucial information should go on here.