Getting to know a text:

What can you infer?

• when a few traps caught the culprits

• The ghost-hunter claims that on one startling occasion, he actually watched a bowl of oranges rise unaided off a sideboard

• It’s simply that they are electro-magnetism, he says

• ‘The flour is to detect human footprints if I think a hoax is being carried out,’ he says.

Getting to know a text:

What can you infer?

• The figure that I saw was a little child, fair and fresh-looking, and perfectly healthy. It looked fatter and younger than the little sick boy, and had a very animated, happy expression.

• I was sitting up with the mother of a child who had been ill three or four days with fits. It was no more than two years old.

• The mother had one arm under the child’s head.

• uneducated woman

4 Marks

5 Minutes

Read again lines 1-13 of the source.

Choose four statements below which are TRUE.

• Shade the boxes of the ones you think are true.• Choose a maximum of four statements.

A People living in an old house were scared when they heard music at night.

B The only clue to the mystery that Andrew Green found was mouse droppings.

C The cause of the ‘music’ was mice chewing on the felt pads of the piano.

D The writer is surprised when Andrew Green solved the mystery.

E Most of Andrew Green’s ghost investigations are nothing to do with the supernatural.

F Andrew Green lives in an old cottage next to a churchyard.

G Four motorists claimed they saw a ghost and they were correct.

H Families with very young children are most likely to experience poltergeists.

Question 1

4 Marks

5 Minutes

Read again lines 1-13 of the source.

Choose four statements below which are TRUE.

• Shade the boxes of the ones you think are true.• Choose a maximum of four statements.

A People living in an old house were scared when they heard music at night.

B The only clue to the mystery that Andrew Green found was mouse droppings.

C The cause of the ‘music’ was mice chewing on the felt pads of the piano.

D The writer is surprised when Andrew Green solved the mystery.

E Most of Andrew Green’s ghost investigations are nothing to do with the supernatural.

F Andrew Green lives in an old cottage next to a churchyard.

G Four motorists claimed they saw a ghost and they were correct.

H Families with very young children are most likely to experience poltergeists.

Question 1

4 Marks

5 Minutes

Read again lines 10-20 of the source.

Choose four statements below which are TRUE.

• Shade the boxes of the ones you think are true.• Choose a maximum of four statements.

A Mrs D was 16 years old.B Mrs D was nursing a baby.C Only his mother was with him when Mrs D left the room.D The form that Mrs D saw did not step on the ground.E The door was not more than a foot away from the top of the

staircase.F The child’s mother was not with him when he passed away.G The form that Mrs D witnessed looked sad.H The form that Mrs D witnessed looked healthy.

Question 1

4 Marks

5 Minutes

Read again lines 10-20 of the source.

Choose four statements below which are TRUE.

• Shade the boxes of the ones you think are true.• Choose a maximum of four statements.

A Mrs D was 16 years old.

B Mrs D was nursing a baby.

C Only his mother was with him when Mrs D left the room.

D The form that Mrs D saw did not step on the ground.

E The door was not more than a foot away from the top of the staircase.

F The child’s mother was not with him when he passed away.

G The form that Mrs D witnessed looked sad.

H The form that Mrs D witnessed looked healthy.

Question 1

8 Marks

8 Minutes

You need to refer to Source A and Source B for this question.

The strange things that happen in both Sources are different. Use details from both Sources to write a summary of the different strange things that happen.

Question 2The BIG Question

DO NOW:What can you recall about the strange things that happen in each

source?

Source A Source B

Source A Evidence Inference Source B Evidence Inference

Alternatively Whereas Unlike Instead of In contrast

Use details from both sources to write a summary of the different strange things that happen.

Point- What connectionscan you see?

Quote from both sources

Inference- What does it suggest?

Alternatively Whereas Unlike Instead of In contrast

Use details from both sources to write a summary of the different strange things that happen.

Source A

Evidence InferenceSource

BEvidence Inference

Old house hearmusic

‘ghostly piano

music in the middle

of the night’

• Can happen anywhere• Mind

playing tricks

• Explanation available

Fire followed

by ghostly

presence

‘fire darkened

by something

that seemed to

flutter’

• Physical impression left on the real world• Dark=

mystery• No

explanation available

Ghostly smells

Motorists seeing ghosts

‘posh London dental

surgery…bacon and

eggs.’

• Rational explanation

available• The senses• Bizarre-

seem random

• Wind

Vision(s) of

children at time

of death

‘He is just gone’

‘Form of a little child’

• No rational explanation• Just a

vision• Precise

time of death-

Leaving to go to spirit

world

Question 2: Self Assessment

Have you…

Made a clear point about the connections between the texts?

Identified relevant quotes from each text?

Made inferences about the strange things that happen?

Used connectives to reveals differences between the texts?

12 Marks

12 Minutes

You now need to refer only to Source A from lines 14 to 21.

How does the writer use language to describe the strange things witnessed by the ghost-hunter?

Point

Evidence

Analyse

Link

1) Use your topic sentence to make a pointrelevant to the question.

2) Select evidence from the text – pick out a key quotation.

3) Analyse the evidence – this should be the longest part of the paragraph.

4) Finish the paragraph by establishing a linkback to the question.

Question 3:The BIG Question

Key words retrieved from the question. Why are

they important?

The ghost-hunter claims that on one startling occasion, he actually watched a bowl of oranges rise unaided off a sideboard, as if a clever magician had made his assistant float into the air. The bowl then shattered into pieces as it plummeted to the ground and oranges bounced all round the room. In another investigation, he and the family involved saw a heavy clock mysteriously transport from one end of the mantelpiece to the other and back again. But he is convinced that such occurrences have nothing to do with the spirits of the dead. He believes they are caused by a type of energy we don’t yet understand which is generated by tense human emotions.

The ghost-hunter claims that on one startling occasion, he actually watched a bowl of oranges rise unaided off a sideboard, as if a clever magician had made his assistant float into the air. The bowl then shattered into pieces as it plummeted to the ground and oranges bounced all round the room. In another investigation, he and the family involved saw a heavy clock mysteriously transport from one end of the mantelpiece to the other and back again. But he is convinced that such occurrences have nothing to do with the spirits of the dead. He believes they are caused by a type of energy we don’t yet understand which is generated by tense human emotions.

Band What have you done?

1

(1-3

marks)

Simple subject terminology

Simple textual detail

Simple comment on effect of

language

2

(4-6

marks)

Some subject terminology

Some appropriate textual

detail

Attempts to comment on

the effect of language

3

(7-9

marks)

Accurate subject

terminology

Relevant integrated textual

detail

Clear explanation of effect of

language4

(10-12

marks)

Sophisticated use of subject

terminology

Judicious textual detail

Analysis of language effects

ImageWhat language

technique?Evidence?

Analysis and ideas?

Alternative interpretations?

Remember to

write a lot about a little!

As well as

Furthermore

In addition to

Also

Moreover

Useful sentences:•This metaphor/simile/personification is used to show...•The clever use of this adverb/verb/adjective/image represents...•The writer is trying to symbolise...•This imagery is effective because...•The use of the adjective/noun/verb evokes a sense of…

This suggests… This links to… Alternatively, it might… This indicates…

This higlights… The reader will… This demonstrates… This reveals…

Point

Evidence

Analyse

Link

1) Use your topic sentence to make a point relevant to the question.

2) Select evidence from the text – pick out a key quotation.

3) Analyse the evidence – this should be the longest part of the paragraph.

4) Finish the paragraph by establishing a link back to the question.

Have you made a range of clear points about the

language techniques used?

PROVE IT!

Highlight an example of this in your work.

Have you included a range of quotations?

PROVE IT!

Highlight an example of this in your work.

Have you tried to develop a range of interpretations

of the language?

PROVE IT!

Highlight an example of this in your work.

Have you explained the effect of the language

techniques on the reader?

PROVE IT!

Highlight an example of this in your work.

Set yourself a target from this learning check.

Band What have you done?

1

(1-3

marks)

Simple subject

terminology

Simple textual detail

Simple comment on effect

of language

2

(4-6

marks)

Some subject terminology

Some appropriate textual

detail

Attempts to comment on

the effect of language

3

(7-9

marks)

Accurate subject

terminology

Relevant integrated textual

detail

Clear explanation of effect

of language

4

(10-12

marks)

Sophisticated use of

subject terminology

Judicious textual detail

Analysis of language

effects

16 Marks

20 Minutes

For this question, you need to refer to the whole of Source A, together with the whole of Source B.

Compare how the writers convey their different views on the strange things that happen.

In your answer, you could: • compare their different views on the strange things

that happen • compare the methods the writers use to convey their

different views • support your response with references to both texts.

This is the most important word in the question as it is asking you to write about the effects of the language (language or

structure) that the writers have used.

Question 4:The BIG Question

Record the key words in this

question:

Source A Source B

1. What text type are you reading? Where have the writers got their information from?

2. Do the writer’s believe in the supernatural? What is the reasoning behind their beliefs?

3. What tone do the writers have?( Positive / Neutral / Negative / Ambivalent/ Indecisive / Frustration / Rage / Eager / Enthusiastic /

Nervous / Uneasy / Concerned / Reassured / Sceptical/ Humorous/ Sarcastic )

In the same way / Similarly/ LikewiseOn the other hand / However / Conversely

Point QuoteExplain

inferenceA

Point QuoteExplain

inferenceB

X 2 minimum

Compare how the writers convey their different views on the strange things that happen.

1

Method

Method

1. What text type are you reading? Where have the writers got their information from?

2. Do the writer’s believe in the supernatural? What is the reasoning behind their beliefs?

3. What tone do the writers have?( Positive / Neutral / Negative / Ambivalent/ Indecisive / Frustration / Rage / Eager / Enthusiastic /

Nervous / Uneasy / Concerned / Reassured / Sceptical/ Humorous/ Sarcastic )

Have you identified the writers’ viewpoint?

PROVE IT!

Highlight an example of this in your work.

Have you made your comparisons clear through the use of connectives?

PROVE IT!

Highlight an example of this in your work.

Have you explained the views and attitudes of the speakers through analysis of the writers’ methods?

PROVE IT!

Highlight an example of this in your work.

Set yourself a target from this learning check.

Have you supported this with relevant quotes?

PROVE IT!

Highlight an example of this in your work.

Band/Mark

What do you need to do?

Level 413-16

• Detailed differences identified.

• Judicious quotations from both texts.

• Perceptive analysis of methods used to convey ideas.

Level 39-12

• Clear differences identified

• Relevant quotations from both texts.

• Explains clearly how methods convey ideas.

Level 25-8

• Some differencesidentified.

• Some relevant quotes• Some comment on how

methods used to convey ideas

Level 11-4

• Simple awareness ofdifferences

• Simple references• Simple identification of

how differences are conveyed.