tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38921542828178404932024-02-07T16:51:48.265+00:00Go For GoldInformation, discussion and resources for AS and A2 English Literature and the bull market for gold and silver.Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.comBlogger600125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-29011084005288059052013-06-04T12:20:00.001+01:002015-03-14T16:30:48.983+00:00Last minute advice for the A2 Edexcel English Literature Exam for Unit 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">For section A of Unit 3 - The unseen poem</span></strong><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Remember </b>where the marks are for each assessment objective: AO1 10 marks and 30 marks for AO2. So <b>language form and structure</b> are all important here. <span style="color: red;">Check your booklets, the one with the face of the war poet, Wilfred Owen's face on the front. <span style="color: black;"><strong>Pages 54-</strong>64</span> <span style="color: black;">are a must read before the Exam.</span> Mull over the ideas on these pages as they are vital for understanding what you need to do and the skills you are expected to show.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the poem least twice to try to understand it. Look for where the first sentence ends to get a leg up on its meaning. What and where is the poem's central tension? (Its contradiction - stretching - the interplay of conflicting elements?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Think about titles careful as they will help you with your understanding of the poem. Are they literal, ironic, etc.?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For words/phrases you do not understand, read around them their contexts should give you clues as their meaning.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use <b><span style="color: red;">CAAP</span> </b>to try to get hold of the poem's meaning: <b>Context, Attitude (tone/s) Audience and Purpose.</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then use<span style="color: red;"> <b>FLIRT</b></span> (Form and Structure, Language, Imagery, Rhythm and Rhyme, Theme(s) and Tone) to annotate the poem. Some of these may be more appropriate than others.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Make a plan!</strong> So you can add to it when necessary as you write.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember to use the Point - Evidence - Comment or Assert - Quote - Comment approach when writing your answer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Begin with an introduction which sets out what the poem is about and how it is communicated. (i.e. first or third person and nominate its form, if you can do so.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Write a proper conclusion in which you sum up or restate your main ideas by answering the question again.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Proof read for errors in meaning, punctuation, apostrophes, capital letters, etc.</span><br />
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Go over those booklets I gave you. There is lots of terminology and ideas in them!</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;">For the Gatsby, Corelli, Duffy question you need to read the prompt carefully as the AOs will be targeted in its words and phrases. Read the rest of the question and make sure you pay careful attention to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong>AO 1 - 10</strong> marks ( Understanding the texts, writing the essay and using appropriate literary terms.)<span style="background-color: yellow;"> <strong><span style="color: black;">Annotate the question: circle or underline key words and phrases. Use marker pens if necessary to make things stand out.</span></strong></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><em><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">The key AOs and marks for this question are:</span></em> <br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong>AO2 - 10 marks</strong> Language, Forms and Structure.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong>AO1 10 marks</strong> Understanding the texts, writing about them and using literary terminology to fortify your points.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>AO3 - 20 marks</strong> Comparing and contrasting, using your own <strong>arguments/interpretation</strong> of texts and showing awareness of other readings. Modern readers, etc.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>AO4 -</strong> Modern readers and how these texts would have been read by others over time. Historical and cultural contexts, includes, philosophy ideologies, etc.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the question is so far away from where you are expected to begin your answer in the booklets, write out the key exam theme and how it is focused:</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Relationships: texts which confront the reader with powerful emotions.</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the prompt carefully and deconstruct it for its AOs Notice that it often has an AO2 words and phrases like "presentation" or "how successful is the writers in engaging" is intended to get you to to think about the writers' techniques in evoking these <strong>powerful emotions</strong> in <strong>parts/passages</strong> of the texts you have studied. You should then cross over from AO2 to AO3-4 by using the AO2 words, etc. as a springboard into your AOs 3-4 points. By noticing that CCM is a polyphonic novel you are commenting on its structure (AO2) but by arguing how its use of polyphony is postmodern and that its structure represents a more complicated sense of reality for readers, you have crossed over into AO4. "Historiographic fiction" is an AO2 term for the novel's form; but you can cross over into AO4 by explaining how for modern readers this is a popular form which blends real events with fictitious characters to arrive at the a "truthful representation of reality." The "truth" in "The Great Gatsby" is mediated through one narrator, Nick Carraway, who filters it through several frame narratives within his own narrative. Note how he says he is writing about Gatsby early in Chapter 1. Similarly, characters who are writing (Dr (Ianis, Pelagia, history and the past, Carlo's testament, Mandras' letters) are also present in <em>CCM</em>. Truth and reality is arrived at in different ways through each texts' readers. Also for AO4, early readers of <em>The Great Gatsby</em> in 1925 had no idea that there would be a a depression just a few years later. The early reviews suggest as much. In our time, we are only too familiar with the consequences of credit, corruption and waste. Indeed the theme of waste connects the texts: wasted lives and love, wasted wealth, corruption; what the Greeks are going through today influences how <strong>modern readers</strong> will read these texts. They will also be aware of the consequences of the pressures now on our own banks not just in this country but throughout the world. We are living with the consequences of greed, power-hungry melgamaniacs (rich bankers) has left us with: 1930s style austerity and poverty.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Select passages or events </strong>from chapters and make a<b> plan.</b> If you include Duffy you could make a chart-like plan. Otherwise a line down the middle on a page will help you compare. You can use passages, evidence from elsewhere in the texts to show you have an overview but it should not be at the expense of your overall argument. It is that overall argument which should have your overview. Use themes to help you compare and contrast: i.e. honour, love, waste, position of women, etc.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Consider relevant themes which will help you compare and contrast each text. For example, various forms of love, change, honour, education, the position of women, the past, writing in its various forms, the underlaying Greek mythology and Christian imagery which underpins the CCM. Remember that the newly rich, former Roman slave, Trimalchio, lays behind the representation of Jay Gatsby. <i>Other themes can be found be looking at past posts on this blog. See the Corelli link on the right for past posts.</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you go for the blunderbuss approach by trying to say lots of mini arguments you may risk depth at the expense of breadth.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You need an overall argument and three or four supporting arguments to back it up</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use <strong>terminology (AO1)</strong> where appropriate. For example, third person narrator, imagery, lexis, contrast, parallel characters, foregrounding, etc. Much of this will carry over into <strong>AO2.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Assert - Quote - Comment </b> should be your method. Always ask yourself, "Have I proved my point?)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't allow yourself to end up telling the story. The authors have done it much better than you can! If you are doing that you are not arguing and using evidence. Check that your points are relevant to the question.</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Revisit the prompt and its key words, regularly and use them to show that that your answer is relevant in a frequent manner.</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use the anchor text method by beginning with your favoured text and then comparing from that. Do this if it helps you.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A brief introduction</strong> is fine but set out your lines of argument and identify the passages or events you intend using to construct your argument. You could, perhaps lead with the theme that connects the texts from your question. Be prepared to evaluate - "how far you would agree," etc. You can contradict to an extent if you wish. Use a third person approach. Avoid "I" until the end of your essay where it might find its way into your conclusion.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Write a proper conclusion which sums up your main argument.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Build in time to proof read</strong> for sense, punctuation, apostrophes, spellings, capitals, etc.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is your chance to prove what you know and can do. It is a test of your skills as an A2 student of English Literature and you are expected to give and analytical - and emotional response.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good luck and show what you can do.</span></div>
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Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-47827829790108697982013-05-16T13:09:00.002+01:002013-05-16T13:10:30.341+01:00Structure in poetry and prose<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Of course, this is just a smattering of what you could analyse and apply.<br />
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Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-44731657223581049372013-05-04T11:43:00.004+01:002013-05-04T11:44:22.731+01:00Doing Good Deeds (in Russia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Kindness makes us human and part of humanity<br />
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Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-56353020212715272772013-05-03T20:56:00.002+01:002013-05-03T21:18:17.439+01:00First Listen: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film "The Great Gatsby"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The soundtrack to The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann's latest high-end refurbishing of a lived-in classic, doesn't try to re-imagine Jazz Age tunes in a modern context. Instead, it attempts to transplant the sensibility of the 1920s to the hip-hop era, with genre-busting...<br /><a href="http://npr.org/2013/04/30/180%E2%80%A6">npr.org/2013/04/30/180…</a></h4>
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Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-60131794434286338702013-05-03T20:02:00.003+01:002013-05-03T21:18:32.933+01:00What makes The Great Gatsby great?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The noted F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar offer her views. This is great reading for AOs 3 and 4.</h3>
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/03/what-makes-great-gatsby">http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/03/what-makes-great-gatsby</a></h3>
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Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-88640280136271726732013-03-06T22:19:00.002+00:002013-03-06T22:19:45.096+00:00Down By The Sally Gardens <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
W.B. Yeats's poem sung with soul.<br />
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Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-2775407110581971552012-12-22T14:18:00.000+00:002012-12-22T14:18:21.412+00:00Professor Sarah Churchwell on The Great Gatsby and The American DreamProfessor Sarah Churchwell on "The American Dream" and its "real" application to "The Great Gatsby".
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This is very helpful for understanding how to apply this interpretative approach for AO3.<br />
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Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-3815999087964959542012-11-17T19:58:00.001+00:002012-11-17T19:58:23.429+00:00Hans Zimmer - Time<a href="http://soundcloud.com/deep-records/hans-zimmer-time?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=blogger&utm_content=http://soundcloud.com/deep-records/hans-zimmer-time">Hans Zimmer - Time</a>Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-71435113500508758622012-11-09T22:05:00.001+00:002012-11-09T22:05:45.336+00:00Shakespeare's original pronunciation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-48488803957262047842012-10-02T21:33:00.002+01:002012-10-02T21:38:16.732+01:00Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere" based on Alfred Noyes' "The Highwayman"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's an oldie - but a goody! Fleetwood Mac's lyrics are loosely based on Alfred Noyes' poem, "The Highwayman" but the video captures the poem's visuals very well.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are <strong><span style="color: blue;">two quizes</span></strong> and <span style="color: blue;"><strong>you will be paired with someone from the same Hall.</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>The <span style="color: red;">first</span> is for <span style="color: red;">20 minutes.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>The<span style="color: red;"> second</span> lasts for <span style="color: red;">10 minutes.</span></strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>In the first quiz</u> you can pause and replay the 4 second extracts; then type in the songs' titles <strong>in any order</strong>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>In the second quiz</u> you will need to type the song title for 2009 with the artist. <strong><span style="color: red;">But remember that the clock will still be counting down.</span></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Quiz number 1 (20 minutes)</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Mr Ballard or I</strong> <strong>will visit you at the end of each quiz to collect your scores.</strong> We will need<span style="background-color: white;"> <strong><span style="color: blue;">your names</span></strong></span> and<strong> <span style="color: blue;">your Halls.</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The highest scores from students and their <strong><span style="color: blue;">Halls</span></strong> will be passed on so that awards can be made in our next Area Meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">When you have finished,</span></strong> have a go for <strong>20-30 minutes</strong> at a funYouTube quiz like this one:</span><br />
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<em>Of course, you can choose your own! Unfortunately, there are no points for these YouTube quizzes.</em><br />
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Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-17702417803899279002012-08-16T10:30:00.000+01:002012-08-16T10:30:08.923+01:00How to write a good English exam answer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.crossref-it.info/articles/312/How-to-write-a-good-English-exam-answer">http://www.crossref-it.info/articles/312/How-to-write-a-good-English-exam-answer</a></div>Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-21239365300470133542012-07-31T18:41:00.008+01:002012-08-05T01:31:14.230+01:00Alf Field's latest - 31st of July 2012 - Gold to $4500<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6RyTGy6hsXV0N7z77orWWmC0vkaBnsNbbP4VDnhMKxOklCX6Ufrb7WOrNtEPDWNaHqoTUtxUZCl9N5yUxL8HWYIxgbYE4PY49yW-pmKXniBlshCxCnbjQHEAzTvTvtgDuRAu16z0p4bh/s1600/gold-bull-31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6RyTGy6hsXV0N7z77orWWmC0vkaBnsNbbP4VDnhMKxOklCX6Ufrb7WOrNtEPDWNaHqoTUtxUZCl9N5yUxL8HWYIxgbYE4PY49yW-pmKXniBlshCxCnbjQHEAzTvTvtgDuRAu16z0p4bh/s320/gold-bull-31.jpg" width="282" /></a></div>One of my few posts on gold and silver.<br />
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Alf Field, one of the most pre-eminent chartists on gold and silver, thinks:<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li>the correction in gold and silver is over</li>
<li>Wave 3 of 3, the biggest and longest rise in the bull market in PMs is about to begin</li>
<li>Gold to $4500 and silver to at least $158</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be forming Twitter groups for my classes with set topics as of September 2012. This should enable more contributions from prep for thinking, reading, writing and research around these topics. One would also expect learners, who already use SMS text messaging umpteen times a day, to be more confident with their own student voices in such a structured environment.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This advice is "as good as it gets" for taking tests and exams. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This pretty much sums up everything you need to know to succeed at your studies. Three note taking styles are explained here and, crucially, how and why you need to review your notes, once a week for DEEPER LEARNING and doing fantastically well in exams! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any student who did half of what is suggested in this video must improve their grades.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been pushing the Cornell method of making notes with my students and it is an excellent method for making effective notes which great for revising for exams, etc. I'll post a template for this type of note taking soon.</span></div>
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The Prof. debunks several myths here. Great stuff!</div>Dogberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066979590321006745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892154282817840493.post-85822654204966426502012-06-26T23:44:00.003+01:002012-06-26T23:44:55.689+01:00A New Literacy: Making Connections in Electronic Environments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only 3 or so minutes long and worth watching. Young people today write and read more than they did before the invention of the telephone, and perhaps earlier!</span></div>
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