Passage based approaches, take 2

Hi everyone,


Hope you've had a restful study break!

Onwards and upwards, then.

Passage-based approaches should do everything AS-Level, yet start with the following:

Who's the narrator or main "voice"?

• This will determine reader response. Do we trust the voice?
• What is the tone?
• What do we as readers infer about the voice?
• What do we as readers infer about the conclusions reached by the voice?

Structure revisited-

• Think about sentence structure and what it tells us.
• If you were to break the passage down into segments, what would they be?  Why?  (Use topic, tone, and time)

Genre clues?

• What aspects of the text are indicative of genre?
• What aspects of the text, if any, subvert the genre?

Overall topic and critical response


Hope this helps.


- T. Marcus

Holiday tasks!

Hi everyone!


Wow, what a term!  Well done, everyone- keep it up!

To the right is a PDF version of the passage based question for term break.   This will be due on the first day back!

Summary of study break tasks (include generous helpings of chocolate as you see fit):

• Revise notes for ALL texts
• Read Americanah
• Begin notes on Americanah, and look at links on blog
• Respond to passage based essay (print if needed!)

Have fun.  Any questions, feel free to study harder and THEN ask me.  :D

Enjoy your break!


- T. Marcus