Year 11 Language Analysis

The process of writing a language analysis is easy enough to understand and this should help you work your way through it methodically.

We’ll be working through these steps over the next week or so. 🙂 Enjoy!

1.Read the article.

2.Determine the contention and key arguments (WHATs).

3.Consider who the audience might be – how can we tell?

4.Re-read the article, annotating for HOW the arguments are presented (language, style, tone, persuasive techniques, and literary devices).

5.Consider the image (HOW).

6.Discuss and note WHY this language, tone, style…etc was used to present these arguments to this audience.

7.Plan an introduction.

8.Plan the rest of the essay.

9.Write the analysis.

10.Evaluate and improve upon each others’ attempts.

6 Tips for Speaking In Public

Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline and many other fantasy novels put together a great list of public speaking tips for those of us who are a little scared of speaking in front of people… check it out. Miss C 🙂

 

A friend of mine wrote to me recently and wanted to know about public speaking. He was going to have to give his first ever speech, and asked if I had any advice or tips. 

This was my reply to him. And I’m posting it here because it might be of use to some of you.

Tips for speaking. Let’s see…

1) Mean it. Whatever you have to say, mean it.

2) Either write exactly what you want to say, or just make notes, and extemporise around it.

3) If you’ve never given a speech before, give it to your wife, your dog, friends, walls, cows, children, trees first. Get over the weirdness of talking aloud. Make sure it flows. Practice.

4) Have a point. Go somewhere. Start somewhere and go somewhere else.

5) Putting a joke in at the beginning is a good thing. Not something particularly funny, just something comfortable to put people at their ease. But you don’t have to worry about it – and it doesn’t have to be a joke. Just something that says that you know where you are.

6) Relax. When all’s said and done, it’s just a speech

World War One- Crash Course

Our covering of the WW1 was ridiculously fast and so I thought I would give you this equally short but good video clip which covers some of the important parts of WW1 and the cultural consequences of said war. Check it out!

Bookweek!

Tomorrow is Book Week dress up day! How exciting!

I’m dressing up as Professor Charl(otte) Xavier (see Instagram widget)

As a temporary cripple I was hoping to incorporate my cripple-ness into my costume and  I did!

Some other ideas I had were:

• Batgirl (post- crippling!)
• Lumpy Space Princess
• Eugene (from Gattaca!)
• Valerie from The Princess Bride
• The 9th Doctor (but as a girl)
• A citizen of the Capitol from The Hunger Games

What are you dressing up as?

Ok, year 7s!

Awesome work with the definitions! Time to log off now and start working on the rest of the work! Also, you should be starting the DVD pretty soon so make sure you’re paying close attention to that!

Don’t forget your bushfire plan is due on Friday!

You guys rock!

Miss C xx

THIS WORK IS HOMEWORK IF YOU HAVEN’T FINISHED IT!

If the definition for what a map is is not in your booklet: A map is a drawing or graphic representation of the earth’s surface looking down from above, at a particular moment in time. Maps are a universal medium for communication, easily understood and appreciated by most people, regardless of language or culture.

 

12/08/2013

Hi year 7s!

Unfortunately, I broke my leg on the weekend so I won’t be there with you today! Today you’re going to be looking at Maps some more. I’ve given the teacher who is taking your class these instructions too and I expect to see this work done for next class.

Step One:

• Write in the comments of this post and in your book your definition of a map. What do you think needs to be included to make a map a map? Think about the point of view we see a map from, why we use maps, how maps are created etc. You may need to

Step Two:

• When you’ve created your definition, look in your booklet for the definition we’ll be using. Highlight in one colour the parts which you covered in your definition and in another colour, the parts of the definition which you left off.

Step Three:

• In pairs, hypothesise (make informed guesses) as to how people drew maps before air travel.
• Look at the map that you drew of Australia. Now, without a reference, draw a map of the world. Try to include as many countries/capital cities as possible. Grade it against a world map in your atlas. What did you get right? Was it hard?
• Write a paragraph on the challenges that early map makers might have had.

Step Four:

• As a class, read the information on The History of Mapping in the booklet.

Once you’ve read this info, you should watch episode 3 of The History of Mapping DVD.

Take notes in dot points.

 

Work hard and be good for the other teacher, guys!

I’ll be back for the next class!

Love, Miss C.