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Strategies for improvement and ideas to enrich your learningEnglishWhat should you do to improve your work in this subject?The following points are based on securing a Level 7 in English. Should you be working below this, or exceeding this level, please refer to the criteria provided by your subject teacher.Writing- Aim to:Write confidently, adapting work appropriately and imaginatively to suit the purpose and the audience.Develop character and setting within narrative writing.Give clear points of view, and take into account different perspectives in your non-fiction writing.Carefully craft your writing ensuring grammatical accuracy.Spelling should be correct- even that of complex, irregular words.Use paragraphing and correct punctuation to make the sequence of events or ideas coherent and clear.Use paragraphing accurately to ensure a truly organised text that has a whole text cohesive feel.Use a variety of punctuation effectively to aid meaning.Reading: You should:Articulate personal and critical responses to poems, plays and novels.Show awareness of the thematic, structural and linguistic features of a range of texts.Understand why some texts are particularly valued and influential; this is your literary heritage.Select, synthesise and compare information from a variety of sources.Select appropriate textual evidence to analyse and support points made. (Continue to develop your use of the PEE technique to fully analyse the language from your selected evidence).Understand the ways in which meaning and information are conveyed in a range of texts.Speaking and Listening: Aim to;Speak confidently in all situations, even those that are new. Use vocabulary precisely and creatively to interest anise speech so as to communicate clearly.Make significant contributions to discussions and evaluate other people’s ideas.Use Standard English confidently.Use intonation to make your talk more meaningful.Additional Enrichment IdeasTake a trip to the theatre. Always aim to do further research and reading about the topic that you are studying or on the work completed in class. Vary the authors that you choose.Deliberately choose a book from a genre that you do not normally read.Deliberately choose a book that will ‘stretch’ you.Collect vocabulary and make your very own personal vocabulary bank to use in your work.Watch a film version of a favourite novel.Recommended ReadsThese are a sample of the books suggested by the School Librarian. A full list, along with a guide to more challenging books, can be found in the library or on Studywiz.GIBBONS, AlanLegendeer Trilogy - Phoenix faces the evil GamesmasterSAGE, AngieSeptimus Heap books - spellbinding Adventures.HOFFMAN, MaryStravaganza - City of Masks - a magical time travel tale set in a parallel 16th century Venice - part of a series.LE GUIN, UrsulaEarthsea novels - an ancient world of wizards and magic.HIGSON, CharlieSilverfin etc - young James Bond adventures.LAWRENCE, CRoman Mysteries series - murder mysteries set in Ancient RomeHOROWITZ A.Stormbreaker - espionage, involving a 14 year old reluctant MI6 spy, Alex Rider(Choose any Horowitz books).MUCHAMORE, RThe Recruit - first in an exciting series of spy stories, C.H.E.R.U.B. recruits children as spies.THOMPSON, KCreature of the NightCASSIDY, AnneLooking for JJ - explores circumstances surrounding a child murderess.CHOLDENKOAl Capone Does My Shirts - poignant story of a boy living with his family in Alcatraz prison.GRAY, KeithOstrich Boys - a journey of friendship. ?HADDON, MarkThe Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time - a murder mystery told from the viewpoint of a 15 year old suffering from autism.BLACKMAN, MNoughts & Crosses - issues of racism set in another time and placeDHAMI, NarinderBend it like Beckham - Jess, 18 and Indian, is determined to prove her parents wrong.ELLIS, DeborahThe Breadwinner - a young Afghan girl pretends to be a boy to help her family.COLLINS Suzzanne The Hunger Games – a story of conflict and a battle for survival in one society’s brutal regime, played out as part of the annual hunger games.RIORDAN Rick The Red Pyramid – two children with magical ability fight with ancient gods to right a wrong that affects the outcome of man’s survival.?Useful Websites to WatchThe Boy in the Striped PyjamasTwilight/New Moon (12)Oliver TwistStormbreakerGoodnight Mr TomSkelligMillionsThe Lord of the RingsShakespeare: The Animated TalesHarry Potter seriesBend It Like BeckhamSherlock Holmes (12)Baz Luhrman – Romeo and Juliet (12)The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (12)The HobbittPlaces to VisitThe Globe Exhibition – tour of the Globe Theatre.RSC Stratford-upon-Avon, including Shakespeare’s houses and Gardens.The British Library, Euston.Any screen/theatre adaptations of novels/playsArt galleries.The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, Great Missenden, Bucks.Book events.The local library.School Book group. ................
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