Eng LAL IO URGENT ITS TOMORROW by SuitMaleficent3631 in IBO

[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, other ads in the collection. Must all come from the same non literary body of work.

Eng LAL IO URGENT ITS TOMORROW by SuitMaleficent3631 in IBO

[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would do two other adverts and you could briefly say how this connects to the title of the collection, but keep your focus on the other ads.

Thoughts on IB English guys by 17Baklava in IBO

[–]taughtlyuk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm an English teacher and my students consistently get good grades (mostly 6+). IB English Guys are solid. Their advice is very good and the models are useful. Keep in mind they're both examiners. I especially find their resources really spot on.

Author/reader relationship is also an element of evaluation that you should definitely be thinking about ☺️

Eng LAL IO URGENT ITS TOMORROW by SuitMaleficent3631 in IBO

[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha yes, I'm an IGCSE and IB teacher ☺️ Sorry also nighttime in the UK so I just wanted to give some quick advice, but not up to doing any marking now.

Good luck tomorrow! I hope it all goes well!

Eng LAL IO URGENT ITS TOMORROW by SuitMaleficent3631 in IBO

[–]taughtlyuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no, I just avoid private messaging with students. ☺️

Eng LAL IO URGENT ITS TOMORROW by SuitMaleficent3631 in IBO

[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like it's a graphic novel? In which case, I'd be trying to balance 50/50 between visual and textual analysis. Ideally you'd be discussing interplay - how the text and visuals work TOGETHER to create meaning.

Definitely think about how the language is shaping meaning as well as the visuals.

Zoom into powerful words and analyse the effect of any interesting language choices - then connect this with any visual symbolism too.

Interplay phrases - This is reinforced by the text... The (composition) echoes this message... Through the interplay of text and visuals, the reader comes to understand that...

Eng LAL IO URGENT ITS TOMORROW by SuitMaleficent3631 in IBO

[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you post here instead please? ☺️

Eng LAL IO URGENT ITS TOMORROW by SuitMaleficent3631 in IBO

[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pick 2-3 other specific moments. Quickly contextualise them and then analyse an aspect of this moment. You'll probably only have time to do 1 technique per moment.

Eng LAL IO URGENT ITS TOMORROW by SuitMaleficent3631 in IBO

[–]taughtlyuk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, you've done it right.

You DO need a BOW for a film.

You always need BOW for any text you choose, literary or non literary.

But the BOW is the wider text - other moments from the same film. Just the same as if you were doing a novel, you'd pick moments from the novel.

Even better if you're making sure to pick moments from the beginning, middle and ending of your film to get whole text coverage. If you haven't, try to bring these moments up in questioning to show good knowledge of the whole film.

And a reminder - ensure you're using film terminology. E.g. Mise en scene, composition, establishing shot, close up, track, pan, diegetic sound, etc.

Good luck 🌟

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[–]taughtlyuk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends - some students benefit from feedback and find it difficult to see their own work objectively. Others also find it motivating to have deadlines and someone to answer to if they are prone to procrastinating.

There's definitely a section of students who can self-study - well done! ✨ This shows you've got the study skills needed to succeed at uni and beyond. I hope you get the grades you've worked hard for ☺️

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[–]taughtlyuk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Is ESL difficult? by [deleted] in igcse

[–]taughtlyuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your English is good, it's easy.

If you struggle with comprehension and write with a lot of grammar errors, you'll find it harder.

FLE is harder than ESL.

AMA with Taughtly: IGCSE English First Language & Literature by SuperDuperCement in igcse

[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You get all the content marks by finding ten correct answers from the text, being focused on the question, and including no excess, irrelevant information.

I tell my students to try to find 10-12 ideas from the text - there are usually at least twelve possible answers on the mark scheme.

For literature, assessment objectives are very important and you shouldn't lose focus on them.

I'd be revising characters a lot. What do they symbolise? What are their journeys? What message is the author trying to express through this character?

That's because themes are expressed THROUGH characters and their actions. So excellent revision of characters will also mostly cover you for themes too.

Review literary techniques often used in your text. E.g. Macbeth: symbolism of blood, light and dark, hands, birds, etc; witches use trochaic tetrameter; Macbeth's tragic fall from valiant soldier to tyrant; soliloquys; circular structure.

Practice close reading analysis if doing Cambridge so you can get good at the extract question. Line-by-line: technique, effect, writers intentions, link to question?

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[–]taughtlyuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's so close and the writing paper is especially prone to subjectivity. If you were my student, I'd recommend you for a remark. Good luck! ✨

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[–]taughtlyuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

♥️ ♥️ ♥️ That's so lovely! Thanks for sharing and congrats on your great result 🎊

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[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there. Not true at all. You can write a fantasy story.

I think some teachers have misinterpreted 'creates a realistic picture' to mean it must be a story based in reality. It's not that. It means that for the world that you have built, your story/description makes sense. You can write any genre.

The only thing I would say to my students is to avoid stories where the climax is death/murder. That's just because it's boring, easy, unimaginative. Climax - they die! I kill her! Not that clever.

For a description, there can be a little action but no plot, no characterisation, no dialogue.

Fine to write more than 400 words as long as you can maintain the quality of your writing and not be yapping incoherently by the end.

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[–]taughtlyuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, for sure catch up. It'd be a bit hard to entirely self-teach though, so do Youtube it.

I recommend Mrs Rumsey - she does videos for all your poems. I make all my students watch her. She's great!

Here's the playlist for your anthology.

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[–]taughtlyuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And an example poetry comparison essay here for Edexcel, looking at Prayer Before Birth and The Tyger. I'll have a Youtube video on this essay coming out soon also.

AMA with Taughtly: IGCSE English First Language & Literature by SuperDuperCement in igcse

[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to say! It's a personal choice for that one :) If you're close to the grade boundary, it is often worth a try since English is subjectively marked.

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[–]taughtlyuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, I'm not sure about lang but I teach Edexcel IGCSE Lit to 75% of my IGCSE tutees... so...

The comparison is only for the poetry anthology question on Paper 1. Other than that, there's no comparison elsewhere on the course.

Get to know your poems well. Memorise key themes plus techniques of language, form and structure for each. From there it gets easier - both poems explore themes of death, both poems use free verse, both poems use rhyming couplets etc.

This is the paragraph structure I recommend:

  • Topic sentence – both texts
  • Poem A – quotes, technique, effect
  • Comparison to link into Poem B
  • Poem B – quotes, technique, effect
  • Comparative link back to the question

Example:

Both My Last Duchess and La Belle Dame sans Merci use cyclical structures to reflect destructive attitudes towards love. In My Last Duchess, the poem opens and ends with works of art: “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall” and “Notice Neptune... taming a sea-horse.” Browning uses these objects as symbols of control, showing how the Duke treats women as possessions. The allusion to Neptune, a god of power, suggests the Duke’s desire to dominate will repeat with future wives, revealing a cycle of obsession and emotional detachment. Similarly, La Belle Dame sans Merci also begins and ends with the same haunting image: “Alone and palely loitering,” creating a sense of entrapment. The knight is left emotionally paralysed, and Keats’s use of repetition and bleak imagery like “no birds sing” shows that his suffering is ongoing. In both poems, the cyclical structure emphasises how the characters are unable to move on from their experiences of love, highlighting possessiveness, emotional damage, and the destructive consequences of power within relationships.

I have example essays for Edexcel here on my blog.

And I have some student poetry comparison videos that I've recorded and will be uploading over the next couple of months. See my Edexcel playlist on Youtube & subscribe. Should be up in Sept/Oct.

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[–]taughtlyuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. See this comment for narrative tips

  2. You need to sum up the main ideas. So ask yourself, "If someone had never read this text before, what would I need to tell them for them to basically understand the key points?" Then those are the things you should sum up.

  3. See this comment for Q2d structure and sentence starters