Language skills for higher level responses WJEC

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English workshop
LO: To explore and apply skills for
higher level responses:
Connotation and denotation; signs
and signifi...

WJEC English Literature Unit 1, Section A:
Prose (different cultures)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
O Assessment Objec...

Unit 1, Section B: Unseen
Poetry
AO1: Respond to texts critically and imaginatively;
select and evaluate relevant textual ...

AO1
OIdeas – relate to Thinking and
Understanding – usually expressed by
abstract nouns (identity, loneliness)
OFeelings –...

AO2
O Structure
O Form
O Language
First explore what these
terms mean:

Structure: whole text or
extract
ODramatic structure: sequence of events
building up to a powerful conclusion/climax
OLogi...

Structure: syntax
OSentence types – simple/complex /
compound/minor
OSentence function -
declarative/interrogative/exclama...

Form:
OCharacterisation
OSetting
ONarrative technique
OPlot/Events

Characterisation
Characterisation should be the
focus, not characters.
Remember that the characters
have been created by t...

Language:
OFormal/Informal
OImagery -
simile/metaphor/personification/symbolism
ODenotation/connotation
OAural impact - al...

AO4
OSocial – how did other texts
influence the writer?
OCultural – Comparing and
contrasting values and attitudes of
diff...

Higher level answers
discuss:
O relationship of author with reader or audience
O contextual awareness
O sub textual meanin...

Writing Skills
OThe way you express your response
is important – sophisticated
writing.
OIt is vital to keep developing yo...

Key A-A*
Specific Skills
Frequent use of short quotation,
supported by explanation
Written `Voice`
Sophisticated Connectiv...

‘A’ grade students should
understand...
OSemantics: the relationship between symbol
and sign
O Words: and the things they ...

Denotation and
connotation
O Words in texts can work on more than one
level.
O This is described by the terms denotation
a...

Guess
O I think denotation is…..
O I think connotation is…..

DENOTATION is the straight forward or
common- sense meaning of a sign
O Literally what is actually shown in an
image or th...

CONNOTATION is the extra, linked
meaning that goes with any sign.
O The connotations of a sign will be much
more personal ...

O For romantics a red rose can be a
symbol of love.
O In Lancashire it is a symbol for the
county.
O It has even been a sy...

Think about the apple…
It can be a symbol of health.
It can have associated meanings of New York -“The Big Apple”.
It can ...

Signs and signifiers:
O Signs – work like denotation – it’s what
you see
O Signifiers work like connotation – it’s what
th...

What is this?

What if I am a mathematician?

Now what is it?

Now what is it?

What is it now?

Now what have these lines
become?

What does this symbol
signify?

Now what does it signify?

What is this telling you to do?

How do you know?

Signs are there to signify things
but they have a cultural reference
• In other words, they only “make sense”
if we unders...

What is this?

Actually…
O It is a Norwegian Pine tree, covered in snow and
with a red ribbon on (denotation)
O But it signifies: (connot...

Putting it all together:
O On the following page, you will see an
advert.
O This time, you will read the images to look
at...

This advert depicts toddlers in roller skates
and this is the denotation of it.
However, what are the connotations of it?
...

Now apply this to a text
O Read the description below:
A tall man stood in the doorway. He held a crushed Stetson hat
unde...

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