AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
ELLA 1 INTERGRATED ANALYSIS AND TEXT PRODUCTION
THE PRODUCTION TASK
THE BASICS
· ELLA 1: 1 hour 30 minutes
· You are advised to spend 40 minutes on the analytical task and 50 minutes on the production task.
· You are advised to answer the production question first
· There are 30 marks for the analytical task and 45 marks for the production task
· Only clean copies of the text can be used in the exam
TIMING
TIME
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ACTIVITY
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COMMENT
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10-15
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Plan
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· Read the question thoroughly – at least twice and make sure you fully understand the task
· Jot down the main features of the format you have been asked to write in.
· Identify the mode. Is this a spoken or a written task? Consider the implications of both.
· Note down your audience and purpose[s]
· Read the section of the text indicated by the question and one or two short relevant sections of the text
· Draw up a list of points you want to convey in your text and begin to jot down appropriate phrases – try and make your phrases relevant to your audience, purpose and format
· Put your bullet points in the order you are going to write them in your answer.
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25-30
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Write
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· Using your plan as a check list of points to cover, begin writing your answer.
· Concentrate on your expression.
· You will need to take note of the appropriate register, lexis, accent and features of the format
· Therefore we advise you not to add anything new to your text.
· Cross off the points in your plan as you cover them in your answer
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10-15
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Edit
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· Re read your text and consider the following questions
o Have you addressed the main content points in your plan?
o Have you used relevant features that address the format?
o Is your spelling, sentence / paragraph structure appropriate?
· Make corrections, amendments and additions where necessary
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SOME FORMATS
FORMAT
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BASIC FEATURES
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Diary
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Audience - the writer
Purpose - to inform, to present important experiences that affect the writer. Selective, subjective, biased description of events. probably present the writer in an attractive and sympathetic light. Genre - a journal recounting experiences. Will contain narrative, descriptive and opnion. Description of an incident followed by reflection and overview. |
Letter
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Audience - the addressee - private
Purpose - to inform and to persuade Genre |
Report
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Audience - a proffesional
Purpose - to inform Genre |
Scripted dialogue
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Audience - a theatre audience
Purpose - to entertain Genre |
NARRATIVE VOICE
FEATURE
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Spoken / Written
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Stanley / Mitch - Use of abbreviations, elision and ellipsis, poor grammar structure, restricted lexis, use of Americanisms
Stella – highly articulate/ calm, rational, plain, down to earth, simple, formal
Blanche – extreme/highly emotive/exaggerated language, rhetorical devises, highly articulate
Doctor / nurse – Professional, middle class, formal
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Register
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Formal / Informal
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Lexis
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God damn, honey lamb, honey – dear, I guess, Sure, Figure, Purdy – pretty, Reckon – to think or calculate, Rile – to make angry, Uppity – a snob, think highly of themselves
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CONTEXT AND EMBEDDED FEATURES
PLACE NAMES
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· SYMBOLS
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Four Deuces
Bourbon
The Quarter
Elysian Fields
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Cathedral
The French Quarter
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Moth
Dark
Light
The trunk
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bowling shirt
The blue piano
The Polka
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ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES
AO 4 You will need to show creativity in using language appropriately for a variety of purposes and audiences, and show an understanding of different types of writing. (30 marks)
AO 1 You will need to show accuracy and coherence in your written expression. (15 marks)
BASIC REMINDERS
· Don’t add content that appears later in the text
· Be clear in your answer about audience, purpose and format
· Remember the main focus will be the attitudes, feelings, motives of characters rather than what actually happens
· Avoid just re telling and summarising the actions of the text being studied.
