Poetry essay - recap

Poetry essay - recap

Test your memory of the conditions of the task

Multiple Choice

This essay is a part of your coursework component for the two-year IGCSE course:

• Literature in English 0475

• English Language 0500

Multiple Choice

The IGCSE handbook states that when students write essay on poetry, they should write about at least ? poem/s.

• one

• two

• three

• four

Multiple Choice

To ensure that you write in enough detail, your teachers recommend that you write about ? poems.

• two

• three

• four

• five

To be clear...

It is definitely okay for you to write about three poems; however, most students will do their best when they narrow their focus to only two.

Multiple Choice

The IGCSE handbook states that the word count for this essay is...

• 400-1000 words

• 600-1200 words

• 800-1400 words

• 1000-1600 words

That said...

Students hoping to achieve a good mark should write as close to 1200 words as they can.

Multiple Choice

Your draft of your poetry essay is due...

• Thursday, January 7th

• Tuesday, January 12th

• Thursday, January 14th

• Tuesday, January 19th

Multiple Choice

Your second (and final attempt ...for this year at least) is due on...

• Tuesday, January 26th

• Tuesday, February 2nd

• Tuesday, February 9th

• Tuesday, February 16th

Multiple Choice

You can find the marking criteria/rubric that will be used to mark your essay in...

• The poetry folder

• Your yellow English workbook

• The Literature in English 0475 handbook

The marking criteria is on pages 19 and 20 of the IGCSE Literature in English course handbook

You can find this in the content library, in the folder titled 'Course documents'

Multiple Choice

Before the Christmas break you were expected to...

• have already chosen the two poems that you will focus on

• have already drafted two possible essay questions

• have some thoughts about what could be included in your essay (or the very beginning of an essay plan)

• all of the above

You should have chosen your poems by now

• Most of you will focus on only 2

• They should explore the same topic (in some way) so that your essay question relates to both of the poems

You should have also drafted two different options for an essay question.

And you probably have an idea of which one you will focus on.

If you have not already done so, you should begin writing your plan

You can find this page in your personal poetry folder on OneNote

Multiple Choice

The focus for today is to...

• Remember the conditions of the upcoming essay

• Fine tune your essay question/prompt

• Think about how you might structure your essay

• All of the above! It is a double lesson, after all.

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