Structure- Opening two sentences offer a thesis statement and a reading of the image. There is a clear reading/interpretation of the image.
The body paragraph starts with a topic sentence.
There is a clear attempt to link the conventions explored in the response.
The response is succinct and coherent.
It offers a clear and consistent reading.
Key words from the question are used to reinforce the main reading of the text.
There is an attempt at using sophisticated language.
The annotations in black show where the assessment criteria has been met.
The annotations in green are where I’ve explicitly linked conventions and reading of the text.
The annotations in red are where I’ve analysed the text in a sophisticated manner.
The image can be downloaded. It uses the modelled response from the archive (October 2017) as its basis which in turn was taken from the ‘Good Answers’ guide.
Please make sure you understand the assessment criteria and that you practice the structure in advance of your assessment on Friday.
I’ve not only identified the ways in which the image has been constructed, I’ve explored HOW each convention MIGHT have been used to construct the image in a specific way.
In a short answer response, I wouldn’t be able to write about ALL of these image conventions. I would need, as part of my planning process, to identify which 3-4 conventions work BEST to answer the question in a clear and concise manner.
In tomorrow’s lesson, we will look at how the question might be answered.
When listening to this song (released in 1966), consider the following:
How is gender constructed in the lyrics of this song?
What words are used to describe women in the lyrics?
What is your personal response to this song?
Has anything changed in over half a century since this song was released? Out of interest, view ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones for a construction of masculinity… Quite an interesting contrast between the two songs…
It’s worth considering both the context of production and the context of reception for a text like this.
Image Analysis
For your next assessment, next week, you will need to respond to two questions; one on narrative fiction, and one question on image analysis.
Here are the things to look for in analysing images:
In today’s lesson, we will be exploring the attached short story called ‘Mother Says’. It’s written by Craig Ensor and I’d like you to explore the following ideas:
How is gender constructed by the text?
How does the text reject a stereotypical construction of gender?
