Paper 1 - Mrs Short
1) Read for meaning
What's being said about that topic
What different views are being offered
What each text is about - topic they share
4) Text producers
2) Make Initial Notes
Mode - spoken, written, computer-mediated communication
Audiences & purposes
Genre - recipes tell you what to do, stories recount events etc.
3) Hotspots
Hotspot = single phrase, section of text, image, headline, opening & closing lines, sentence or pattern of language across the whole text
Find 5 to 6 in each text of clearest & most useful ideas
Explore what things mean & analyse the language used to create these meanings
Language Techniques
& AO1 terms
Word classes, phrases, sentences, clauses, tense, semantic fields antithesis & juxtaposition, graphology, pragmatics, phonology
Cover range of different language points but concentrate on ones that are most important creating meanings & representations
If topic an event like football match look at verb choices (running), use of tense to structure events
If topic famous actor think about ways adjectives modify nouns to describe performances & how metaphor used to describe career
If topic an issue, look at patterns of abstract nouns (joy, happiness) & meanings & overall discourse structure used to present conflicting ideas
How text creators (writers, speakers, posters, texters) represent themselves & each other
How position themselves in relation to text receivers
How present a face or image to audience & each other
How does this relate to what the texts are about?
5) Get writing
Analysing Language
in Meanings & Representations - Q1 & Q2
Q1 & Q2 on how language used to create meanings (AO1) & represent the topic (AO3)
AO1 marks
A03 marks
Labelling & giving examples of language features
e.g.. such as word classes, sentence functions, higher level grammar features such as passive voice & clause types
Explain what these language features help to represent
eg. adverbials of time used, such as "for a long time" and these are used to suggest time is important & a turning point is about to be reached
How Topic Represented - Meanings & Representations
Opinions & Views - Q1 & Q2
The vocabulary uses a lexical field of nature & keeps the focus squarely on key area, while there are quite specific references to breeds of bird, types of environment & precise figures
The grammar helps to present the threat as current and ongoing through the present progressive verb phrase "are disappearing" and as a victim of external forces through the passive voice in the second box.
The graphology anchors the themes being talked about & presents us with a clear picture of what is under threat
Similarities & Differences - Q3
Focus on these 6 areas
Context affects the way they approach the same topic
Mode
Time
Audience
Purpose
Genre
Place
Discuss subject matter & how language being used