ENG Common Module- Texts AND Human Experiences PDF

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COMMON MODULE: TEXTS AND HUMAN EXPERIENCES Texts: 1984, the Unknown Citizen, Nosedive Exam—Paper 1 

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Section 1 o Short answer section with unseen texts (20 marks) o Need: Comprehension and textual analysis skills, knowledge of the Common Module, ability to write clearly and concisely. o Use PEEL! (point/concept, evidence, elaborate/analyse, link). In 6-7 mark questions, use multiple pieces of evidence. Section 2: Extended response essay question (20 marks) o Personalised thesis—use different words to the rubric o Lots of evidence o Clarity over complexity o ANSWER the QUESTION o Handcuffs: Any limitations to your answer? Key: What words will help you design your thesis? Spotlight: What does the Q want you to focus on? Attack: What form do they want you to write in? 10 minutes reading 45 minutes per section Emergency techniques: (Text) symbolism, imagery, tone, connotations. (Visual) colour, layout, body language, facial expressions.

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People: Describe people/characters. Experiences: What experiences are being conveyed? What are they doing? Emotions: What emotions are being shown? Proof: Find evidence to prove it—technique?

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Study one prescribed text and a range of short texts. Deepen understanding of how texts represent individual (attitudes, perspectives, beliefs, emotions) and collective human experiences. E.g. collective experiences (conformity, social pressure, marginalisation) are all experienced differently by individuals (rejection, rebellion, fear, violence). Examine how texts represent human qualities and emotions associated with these experiences.

Evaluate how language is used to shape these representations in a range of texts.  Explore how texts give insight into anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in human behaviour/motivations and how they invite reader to see the world differently, challenge assumptions or reflect personally.  Consider role of storytelling throughout time to express certain lives and cultures.  Select one related text (Nosedive) and make connections between themselves, the world of the text and the wider world.  Examine how different Emotion Wheel, use to evaluate characters modes/media use verbal, visual and digital languages.  Communicate ideas using figurative language to express universal themes, use evaluative language to make informed judgements about texts. 

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Character profiles   

Winston Julia O’Brien

Nosedive Character profiles   

Lacie Lacie’s brother Naomi

The Unknown Citizen

Character profiles 

The unknown citizen

Summaries and Context

1984, George Orwell (1949)

Nosedive, Joe Wright (2016)

The Unknown Citizen, W H Auden (1939)

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Context

Winston Smith lives in a dystopian, oppressive society where free thought is punished. He secretly rebels against the Party and Big Brother through his affair with Julia, but is ultimately tortured and broken. Light-hearted dystopia. Insecure, people pleasing Lacie struggles to meet superficial standards of a society in which people’s privileges are determined by their ‘ratings’. She ultimately breaks and gives up on social etiquette—she is punished but she finally lets her emotions out. Cold, impersonal recount of a citizen’s life. Praises conformist, simple existence as the model life, dismisses personal and human factors of his life.

Orwell hated political authority and totalitarianism, experiences: working with Indian Imperial Police, living with coal miners in London slums, fighting against oppression in the Spanish Civil War, witnessing regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. Increasing prevalence of technology and social media and its influence on relationships, behaviour and selfesteem.

Auden served in Spanish Civil War, reflected on current events and social/political theories, witnessed totalitarian regimes.

Key themes and evidence Loss of personal freedom 1984 Nosediv e The Unknow n Citizen

Control through fear, surveillance, propaganda

Destruction of Rebellion against human social and relationships political forces and trust

Include in profiles and tables:  Individual, human xp  Human qualities and emotions  Inconsistencies, paradox, anomalies

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