Christmas+Holiday+Homework,+Dec+2011

1. Critical Essay:
DRAMA – 2002 PAST PAPER

Choose one question and write a Critical response making use of the TARTS and PEE formulas to help you to structure your paragraphs/essay.

Outline briefly the reasons for the character’s dilemma and go on to discuss how successfully the dramatist engages your sympathy for her or him.
 * 1) Choose a play in which a character struggles with his or her conscience.

Outline briefly the reasons for the conflict and then by examining the scene in detail, show how it gave you a deeper appreciation of the play as a whole. In your answer you must refer closely to the text and to at least two of: key scene, dialogue, characterisation, structure or any other appropriate feature.
 * 1) Choose from a play a scene in which the conflict between two characters is at its most intense.

Explain how the dramatist introduces the theme and discuss to what extent you found the way it is explored in the play enhanced your understanding of the theme. In your answer you must refer closely to the text and to at least two of: theme, plot, setting, characterisation, or any other appropriate feature.
 * 1) Choose a play whose main theme concerns one of the following: power, corruption, disillusionment.

Show how the dramatist makes you aware of the character’s situation and discuss to what extent this led to a greater understanding of the concerns of the play. In your answer you must refer closely to the text and to at least two of: conflict, characterisation, theme, setting, or any other appropriate feature.
 * 1) Choose a play in which the main character is at odds with one or more than one of the people around him or her.

2. CloseReading– 2011 Past Paper
“Making Our Brains Sharper” – access this file below:

[|2011 Higher English Past Paper]

4. Don’t forget to relax and rest up. You have an extremely important term ahead, it’s important that you recharge your batteries!
==My advice to you is to avoid leaving your homework until the last moment! Get it done as quickly as you can, that way you can enjoy your holiday properly. You have worked hard this term and deserve a break.== ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE BLOG!