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Explore the Unit objectives, which drive the content focus, assessment objectives and ways of reading the text.

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Students are issued with a bookroom copy of the text, as well as a printed version of the attached PDF file.  Students were encouraged to annotate widely on the paper version. identifying key terms, flagging areas of uncertainty and developing their own understanding of Shakespeare's intent.

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This is a vital step in knowing your text well.  Students can NOT bring any resource material into their external assessment. Instead, student are encouraged to know the text well enough to write flexibly.

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During the first half of Term 3, the expectation was that students were reading, researching and developing an understanding of the message of Othello and the manner in which it was conveyed.

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Shakespeare Uncovered: Series 2 Othello With David Harewood

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David Harewood discusses William Shakespeare’s Othello with Adrian Lester, Simon Russell Beale, Ian McKellen, Julia Stiles and Patrick Stewart.

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Preparing for External Assessment- Terminology for Text analysis-Othello

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Preparing for External Assessment- Terminology for Text analysis-Othello

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Preparing for External Assessment- Terminology for Text analysis- King Lear

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Preparing for External Assessment- Terminology for Text analysis- King Lear

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Preparing for External Assessment Terminology

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literary devices refers to the typical structures used by writers in their works to convey his or her messages in a simple manner to the readers. When employed properly, the different literary devices help readers to appreciate, interpret and analyze a literary work. Below is a list of literary devices with detailed definition and examples.

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Literary Devices and Literary Terms - The Complete List

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Browse through our list of literary devices and literary terms with definitions, examples, and usage tips. Explore each device in depth through literature.

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Othello by William Shakespeare - YouTube

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William Shakespeare's Othello explained with play and scene summaries in just a few minutes! Professor Bradley Greenburg offers an in-depth summary and analy...

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Othello by William Shakespeare | Characters

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The Senior English Course page, which can be accessed from class pages, contains a range of resources in Unit 4, to support your understanding of Macbeth. Resources include scene summaries, theme summaries and comprehension activities.

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In weeks 5-6, Term 3, as students prepared to sit a sample question, the focus was on the skills of writing, paraphrasing for substantiation and question deconstruction.

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The example questions were written for Year 12 Literature students, but the advice and process is the same for general English students.

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Paraphrasing for the external assessment

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Paraphrasing for the external assessment

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Students do NOT have access to quotes, notes or their texts in the external exam. They are expected to know the text well enough to write flexibly about any element of the text.

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How to use paraphrasing- External Assessment

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In week 9, all General English and Literature students will sit a mock External Assessment, and will be marked against an External Assessment Marking Guide (EAMG).  The response, worth 55 marks, requires sustained control of knowledge, organisational features and textual features, to explicitly answer the question.  (The focaliser identified in the 'Essay Question styles' document, directs students to answer a broad question with reference to a specific character or feature, thus discouraging students from learning a prepared essay off by heart.

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Aesthetic Features, Stylistic Devices and Analytical Essays

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Aesthetic Features, Stylistic Devices and Analytical Essays

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What the syllabus has to say

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Aesthetic features, stylistic devices and Analytical essays

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This document was produced for Literature students in Unit 3. It breaks down Introduction, Argumentation and Conclusion in explicit detail. Although it includes instructions for the teaching of the skills involved, students are welcome to access it and use it to guide their preparation.

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Teaching Analytical Essay writing- EA General English

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Students did not see the EAMG prior to attempting their sample questions, just as they will not see it in their External Assessment.  Students do need to understand how the document can be used to guide their revision time, direct their teacher's feedback and improve the quality of their External Assessment response. Attached is an annotated version of the EAMG, which students can use to understand what markers are looking for in student responses.

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Once students have completed their Mock external Assessment in Week 9, feedback will be collated and shared with the cohort as a whole, as well as individually.