Section Ab

We started off by discussing the starter activity, which was listing the 'for' and 'against' to the sentence "London Academy is a great educational machine as can be judged by it's products." We discussed points that would back up this and things that would go against it. "Products" could be defined as things such as students, facilities, teachers, amount of students or grades in a positive light. Whereas products could also be described as behaviour or (again) exam results in a negative light.

After this we looked at 5 quotes that revolved around Tennyson and his poems. A selected one said "Even in his prophetic optimism his melancholy is hovering near. T.S Elliot called him the saddest of all English poets." I said this could be argued as much of Tennyson's work that we have studied looks at depression or opression. Marianna and The Lady of Shallot are encclosed and not leading a very fruitful lifestyle.

Then, we were reminded what narrative was and then spoke about how most if not all questions will require you to tell 'how Tennyson tells the story'.

The main focus of the lesson was how to answer section 'Ab' with AO1, AO3 and AO4. The 5 points to doing it were:
1- Focus on the quesiton
2- DON'T WRITE AN INTRODUCTION THAT IS LONGER THAN A SENTENCE. (Not my choice to put this in capitals)
3- Give your view in relation to the question using evidence and context where relevant.
4- Give an alternate view in relation to the question using evidence and context where relevant.
5- Challenge the terms of the question.

After this we were given 30 mins (then cut to 20) to answer the question "The women in Tennyson's poems are presented as victims of a male world. How far do you agree?" We chose the word "victim" to 'challenge' at the end of our essay.

Then, after completing the essay we completed a haiku (some Japanese poem that has 5 syllables, then 7, then 5 again) which was supposed to be about what we had learnt. I didn't hear that it was supposed to be about the lesson, so I wrote:
"Ab answers come
In various forms but none
are haikus like this."

Homework:
-Read the perceptions of a changing world sheet' and make notes on it - about a page.
- Finish off the 'Ab' question.
- Read the examiners report sheet.

Anyway I'm off to watch the football. Peace.

Daniel.