Getting to know a text: What can you infer? Our team of young helpers cheer. The first flight of the world's highest commercial hotair balloon service is under way. Knots of early-rising schoolchildren and the odd peasant farmer stand and watch, amazed, at the apparition2 gliding over their heads. Our pick-up truck is far behind, jolting along the rutted track that is the valley's only road. and ends up on its side We climb out, shake hands, high-five and take pictures.
Getting to know a text: What can you infer? the river, which we could see winding far away, resembled a long, gray, metalliclooking snake, creeping through the fields. the gas-lights along the different lines of road burst into light, one after another, the ground seemed to be covered with little lamps, such as are hung on Christmas-trees, giant city with a dense canopy of smoke hanging over it,
Question 1 4 Marks 5 Minutes Read again lines 1-13 of the source. Choose four statements below which are TRUE. Shade the boxes of the ones you think are true. Choose a maximum of four statements. A B C D E F G H Bhutan is a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas. The writer s daughter is called Hannah. The sun rises over the mountains to the west. The young helpers are angry as the balloon takes off. This is the first flight of the world's highest commercial hot-air balloon service. The balloon moves very quickly. They enjoy looking at the scenery. Below them, they can see leopards and wild boar.
Question 1 4 Marks 5 Minutes Read again lines 1-13 of the source. Choose four statements below which are TRUE. Shade the boxes of the ones you think are true. Choose a maximum of four statements. A B C D E F G H Bhutan is a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas. The writer s daughter is called Hannah. The sun rises over the mountains to the west. The young helpers are angry as the balloon takes off. This is the first flight of the world's highest commercial hot-air balloon service. The balloon moves very quickly. They enjoy looking at the scenery. Below them, they can see leopards and wild boar.
Question 1 4 Marks 5 Minutes Read again lines 1-8 of the source. Choose four statements below which are TRUE. Shade the boxes of the ones you think are true. Choose a maximum of four statements. A B C D E F G H It was morning. It was summer. A gun fired to signal the release of the balloon. It took a while for the balloon to take off. The writer thinks the scenery is beautiful. The writer could see houses in the distance. The houses looked like toys. The noises that the writer could hear were faint.
Question 1 4 Marks 5 Minutes Read again lines 1-8 of the source. Choose four statements below which are TRUE. Shade the boxes of the ones you think are true. Choose a maximum of four statements. A B C D E F G H It was morning. It was summer. A gun fired to signal the release of the balloon. It took a while for the balloon to take off. The writer thinks the scenery is beautiful. The writer could see houses in the distance. The houses looked like toys. The noises that the writer could hear were faint.
Question 2 The BIG Question 8 Marks 8 Minutes You need to refer to source A and source B for this question. You need to refer to Source A and Source B for this question. Both sources give details about the places that the hot-air balloons fly over. Use details from both sources to write a summary of the different places. [8 marks] DO NOW: What can you recall about the places the hot air balloon flies over? Source A Bhutan balloon Source B London balloon
Point- What connections can you see? Source A Evidence Inference Source B Evidence Inference Quote from both sources Inference- What does it suggest? Use details from both sources to write a summary of the different places. Alternatively Whereas Unlike Instead of In contrast
Paper 2 Question 2 Top Tips Open with a summary sentence: The places the hot-air balloons fly are over in Source A and Source B are different because the texts are written at different times. Ping Pong your answer write about Source A contrasting connective then Source B. Quotations must be integrated into sentences. You need at least two examples of inference for each quote. DO NOT write This quote or I can infer or This shows they are all now banned!!
Question 2: Self Assessment Have you Made a clear point about the connections between the texts? Identified relevant quotes from each text? Made inferences about the places? Used connectives to reveals differences between the texts?
Question 3: The BIG Question 12 Marks 12 Minutes You now need to refer only to Source B from lines 4 to 18. How does the writer use language to convey how small everything on the ground looks from the balloon? Key words retrieved from the question. Why are they important? Point Evidence 1) Use your topic sentence to make a point relevant to the question. 2) Select evidence from the text pick out a key quotation. Analyse Link 3) Analyse the evidence this should be the longest part of the paragraph. 4) Finish the paragraph by establishing a link back to the question.
As we floated along above the fields, the sight was the most exquisite visual delight ever experienced. The houses directly underneath us looked like the tiny wooden things out of a child s box of toys, and the streets as if they were ruts in the ground; and we could hear the hum of the voices from every spot we passed over, faint as the buzzing of so many bees. Far beneath, in the direction we were sailing, lay the suburban fields; and here the earth, with its tiny hills and plains and streams, assumed the appearance of the little coloured plaster models of countries. The roadways striping the land were like narrow brown ribbons, and the river, which we could see winding far away, resembled a long, gray, metallic-looking snake, creeping through the fields. The bridges over the Thames were positively like planks; and the tiny black barges, as they floated along the stream, seemed no bigger than summer insects on the water. The largest meadows were about the size of green-baize table covers; and across these we could just trace the line of the South-Western Railway, with the little whiff of white steam issuing from some passing engine, and no greater in volume than the jet of vapour from an ordinary tea-kettle. Band 1 (1-3 marks) 2 (4-6 marks) 3 (7-9 marks) 4 (10-12 marks) What have you done? Simple subject terminology Simple textual detail Simple comment on effect of language Some subject terminology Some appropriate textual detail Attempts to comment on the effect of language Accurate subject terminology Relevant integrated textual detail Clear explanation of effect of language Sophisticated use of subject terminology Judicious textual detail Analysis of language effects
Image What language technique? Evidence? Analysis and ideas? Alternative interpretations?
Useful sentences: This metaphor/simile/personification is used to suggest... The clever use of this adverb/verb/adjective/image represents... The writer is trying to symbolise... This imagery is effective because... The use of the adjective/noun/verb evokes a sense of Point Evidence 1) Use your topic sentence to make a point relevant to the question. 2) Select evidence from the text pick out a key quotation. This must be integrated to get above band 2! Remember to write a lot about a little! As well as Furthermore In addition to Also Analyse 3) Analyse the evidence this should be the longest part of the paragraph. This is where you add your alternative ideas too! Moreover This suggests This links to Alternatively, it might This indicates This highlights The reader will This demonstrates This reveals
Paper 2 Question 3 Top Tips Must know and use subject terms this is the writer s use of language. Testing same AOs as Question2 on Paper 1. Quotations must be integrated into sentences. You need at least four examples of language Firstly, Secondly, Next, Finally. Don t forget to give at least two ideas in your explanation- remember alternative inferences! DO NOT write This quote or I can infer or This shows they are all now banned!!
Set yourself a target from this learning check. Band What have you done? 1 (1-3 marks) 2 (4-6 marks) Simple subject terminology Simple textual detail Simple comment on effect of language Some subject terminology Some appropriate textual detail Attempts to comment on the effect of language Have you made a range of clear points about the language techniques used? PROVE IT! Highlight an example of this in your work. Have you included a range of quotations? PROVE IT! Highlight an example of this in your work. 3 (7-9 marks) 4 (10-12 marks) Accurate subject terminology Relevant integrated textual detail Clear explanation of effect of language Sophisticated use of subject terminology Judicious textual detail Analysis of language effects Have you explained the effect of the language techniques on the reader? PROVE IT! Highlight an example of this in your work. Have you tried to develop a range of interpretations of the language? PROVE IT! Highlight an example of this in your work.
Question 4: The BIG Question 16 Marks 20 Minutes Record the key words in this question: For this question, you need to refer to the whole of Source A, together with the whole of Source B. Compare how the writers convey their different experiences of the hot-air balloon ride. In your answer, you could: compare their different experiences (WHAT) compare the methods the writers use to convey those experiences (HOW) support your response with references to both texts. (WHERE) This is the most important word in the question as it is asking you to write about the effects of the language through the techniques (language or structure) that the writers have used.
How do the writers feel? What do the writers think of their experience? ( Positive / Neutral / Negative / Formal / Informal /Ambivalent / Frustration / Rage / Eager / Enthusiastic / Nervous / Uneasy / Concerned / Reassured / Sceptical / Humorous/ Relaxed ) Source A Source B
Emotion Thoughts Experience TEXT A Evidence Suggest to reader? Emotion Thoughts Experience TEXT B Evidence Suggest to reader? Beginning Take-off Feelings Beginning- Take off Feelings Take off Time Take off Time How they feel about the sights How they feel about the sights Balloon travel Balloon travel
Compare how each source conveys their different experience of the hot air balloon. 1 2. Compare the overall message in each of the extracts. Are they similar or different in content? The writers experiences are similar/different because 2 A Point Quote Explain In the same way / Similarly On the other hand / However x4 Top Tips: Don t forget to integrate quotes into your answer. You can t get above band 2 unless you do this! B Point Quote Explain Don t forget to mention methods the writer uses. Firstly, in source A, the writer conveys nervousness as six [of us] climb somewhat apprehensively into the hot air balloon. The writer makes the reader feel that all six are hesitant which heightens the anxiety felt during the preparations for take off of the hot air balloon. Furthermore, the adverb apprehensively suggests a fear and trepidation of the dangers that could go wrong on the balloons maiden voyage across Bhutan. This is exaggerated by the adjective last which builds tension as we don t know if this will be their last blast of life. However, in source B the writer highlights he is excited [ ] about a hot air balloon experience.
Set yourself a target from this learning check. Band/ Mark Level 4 13-16 Level 3 9-12 What do you need to do? Detailed differences identified. Judicious quotations from both texts. Perceptive analysis of methods used to convey ideas. Clear differences identified Relevant quotations from both texts. Explains clearly how methods convey ideas. Have you identified the writers viewpoint? PROVE IT! Highlight an example of this in your work. Have you supported this with relevant quotes? PROVE IT! Highlight an example of this in your work. Level 2 5-8 Level 1 1-4 Some differences identified. Some relevant quotes Some comment on how methods used to convey ideas Simple awareness of differences Simple references Simple identification of how differences are conveyed. Have you explained the views and attitudes of the speakers through analysis of language/structure? PROVE IT! Highlight an example of this in your work. Have you made your comparisons clear through the use of connectives? PROVE IT! Highlight an example of this in your work.