Romeo & Juliet

LO: To gain awareness and understanding of how to tackle an

exam-style answer

OCR GCSE Literature Unit A1661:literary Heritage Linked Texts

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

Week 3Film conventions

CONTROLED CONDITIONS 1: practise writing an answer

STARTER: look over the table you completed last lesson.

Clothing and props

Scenery Colours, lighting and shadows

Actions, movement and gestures

Benvolio

Tybalt

STARTER: add notes if necessary now...

Clothing and props

Scenery Colours, lighting and shadows

Actions, movement and gestures

Benvolio

Clothing and props

Scenery Colours, lighting and shadows

Actions, movement and gestures

Tybalt

Now look at the mock exam sheet

in front of you. This is what you will get in your

controlled conditions

assessment.

Remind yourself of Act 1 Scene 1 in the text and in one performed version of the play...

Using this scene as a starting point, and referring to Shakespeare’s play as a whole, explore how the character of either Tybalt or Benvolio is portrayed in the performed version you have studied. You should consider: the thoughts and feelings that the character express the way the other characters react to them the dramatic effect of the scene and its implications for the rest of the play.

The questionRemember what to do with an exam question?

1. Underline key words

2. Place synonyms next to difficult words to help you

remember what they mean

2. Rewrite phrases if they are hard to understand to help you

remember what they mean

3. PLAN YOUR ANSWER!

TybaltThoughts...Hate’s MontaguesLoves fightingWants to show he honours his family

Other charactersMontagues are fearfulBenvolio looks at his as a man of status and power- attempts to reason with him.

There are many ways to plan your answer. You should already have a way of planning that you feel comfortable with. No one is better than the other but...

Spider diagrams can be useful for visual Learners and people who need to write their ideas down before they can put them into an order.

Lists can be useful if having clearly, visual structure helps you see your essay emerging.

Whatever your choice, make sure you number your points to ensure your work is structured.

1

1

2

3

2

Tybalt

Thoughts and feelings

Other characters reactions

Dramatic effect of scene

on play

•Benvolio sees him as a threat

•Other Capulet men look up to him•Prince &

law see him as the same as Montagues

•Anger

•Hate

•Honour

•Duty , loyalty, love

•Pride

This is how I would write my plan...

the Prince

Thoughts and feelings

Dramatic effect of scene on play

Other characters reactions

•Anger- his rebellious subjects•Dominance- he knows his place and who

he is!•Frustration- he has told them to stop

quarrying before!

• Fearful- they stop fighting and listen in his presence.

• We now know the prince can alter other characters actions, he

commands and people listen and do his bidding.

•His decree sets up the idea that we may see more fighting later and if

so, there will be death and tragedy.

Evidence from film

Evidence from script

He uses imperative verbs.

Loud speaker

Angry expression

Official seal displayed on uniform

Dark menacing colours

Start by listing my ideas for each part of the question Then I would build up ideas

around that list.

Descends upon subjects from above suggestion higher power.

AO1Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and

evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations.

AO3Make comparisons and explain links between texts, evaluating

writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects.

Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how

Don’t forget- you are marked on:

Complete your plan to prepare for answering this

question using the time remaining

Romeo & Juliet

LO: To gain awareness and understanding of how to tackle an

exam-style answer

OCR GCSE Literature Unit A1661:literary Heritage Linked Texts

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

Week 3Film conventions

CONTROLED CONDITIONS 1: practise writing an answer

Romeo & Juliet

LO: To tackle an exam-style answer in Controlled Conditions

OCR GCSE Literature Unit A1661:literary Heritage Linked Texts

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

Week 3Film conventions

CONTROLED CONDITIONS 1: practise writing an answer

You have 40 minutes to write your answers.

Formal supervision Under formal supervision, candidates must be under direct supervision at all times. Candidates should have clean copies of texts during the assessment period. Internet and e-mail access should not be permitted. It is advisable that the Centre records the date and time if the assessment, the name of the supervisor and keeps a log of any incidents which may occur during the course of the assessment. Candidates are allowed access to dictionaries, thesauri and spell checkers in completing controlled assessment tasks.

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Romeo & Juliet

LO: To tackle an exam-style answer in Controlled Conditions

OCR GCSE Literature Unit A1661:literary Heritage Linked Texts

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

Week 3Film conventions

CONTROLED CONDITIONS 1: practise writing an answer