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Public Exam 3201 English Preparation

Public Exam 3201 English Preparation. Exam Format http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/evaluation/english3201/eng3201_tos.pdf. The English 3201 Provincial Examination is worth a total of 100 marks. The exam including

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Public Exam 3201 English Preparation

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  1. Public Exam 3201 EnglishPreparation

  2. Exam Format http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/evaluation/english3201/eng3201_tos.pdf The English 3201 Provincial Examination is worth a total of 100 marks. The exam including three sections (Section A, B, and C) is designed to be completed in three hours. However, as with all 3 hour public examinations students may take up to 30 minutes of additional time to finish. Section A: (value 60 marks) The Sight Passages • Consists of three texts: a visual, a prose piece, and a poem. The prose piece may include an excerpt from drama or a longer work and may be fiction or nonfiction. Students will be required to complete selected and constructed response questions. There will be a total of 20 selected response questions. There will be 5 constructed response questions worth 6 marks each. • In Section A, students will be required to answer a question linking either: • two of the Sight Passages. (The choice of passages to be compared will be prescribed on the exam. ) or, •one of the prescribed Sight Passages with their own personal experience(s). (10 marks)

  3. Section B: (value 25 marks) The Comparative Study. • Students will be required to write one well-developed, multi-paragraph essay comparing either: (i) aspects of one prescribed longer play to one of the prescribed texts from the English 3201 reading list provided on the exam, or (ii) as aspects of two of the prescribed texts from the English 3201 reading list provided on the exam. The choice will be prescribed on the exam (i.e., students will be instructed as to which option is to be used on the exam) Topics may address: • literary elements such as those listed in Appendix A. • universal themes The following categories will be assessed: content, style (voice, sentence fluency, diction), mechanics, organization

  4. Viewing Section

  5. https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit03/mlo-08/mlo.htm MLO for Visual Literacy

  6. https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit03/mlo-08/mlo.htm MLO for Visual Literacy

  7. Sight Passages: Prose and establishing Thematic Links https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit03/mlo-11/mlo.htm Review: MLO For Analyzing Essay https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit03/mlo-13/mlo.htm Review: MLO Thematic Link between Sight Passages Section

  8. Section B: (value 25 marks) • The Comparative Study. • • Students will be required to write one well-developed, multi-paragraph essay • comparing either: • (i) aspects of one prescribed longer play to one of the prescribed texts from the English (Theban Plays, Macbeth) • 3201 reading list provided on the exam, or • (ii) as aspects of two of the prescribed texts from the English 3201 novel reading list studied this year: Stone Angel, Dracula, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Rings, or Baltimore’s Mansion. .

  9. https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit04/mlo-01/mlo.htm This essay must be written in the format of a Comparative Essay which can utilize one of the following methods of development: Side by side or Block Side by Side method of Development Include strong introduction to capture attention -include a strong thesis statement -set out clear similarities and differences -Use of justification (adequate & relevant in the form of direct quotes which tie thematically or structurally in the idea you are trying to develop. Your thesis is the point you are trying to prove; but without the references your point will be weak and unfounded. -include transition terms in your writing; especially to signal similarities, differences, shift in paragraph (see http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr6.htm for suggested transition terms -a focussed conclusion: summing up the main points of the essay

  10. https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit04/mlo-01/mlo.htm Side by Side method of Development (con’td)

  11. Side by Side Essay development : Read the question carefully and decide upon the elements you are required to discuss. Discuss the importance of setting and character on developing the Conflict in two works studied this year. Choose to write about: Macbeth & Dracula Decide upon 3 points of discussion in the question : Body Para 1: 1st Point : Conflict in Macbeth: discuss conflict (time, place , circumstances) among and between the characters of Macbeth) 2nd Point: Conflict in Dracula Body Para 2: Importance of Character: 1st point: discuss influence of setting (time, place, circumstances) in Macbeth 2nd Point: Importance of Character in Dracula

  12. Body Para 3: 3rd Point: Importance of Setting of Scotland in Macbeth: discuss influence of setting (time, place , circumstances) on the setting the stage for Macbeth’s decision to kill the king and “fulfill his ambition.” Discuss the Importance of Setting in Dracula: England provided the hunting grounds and the means by which the heroes were able defeat the count by destroying the boxes of earth which he needed to survive. Conclusion: You need to point out clearly the similarities or differences between the two selections.

  13. https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit04/mlo-02/mlo.htm Block Method of Developing an Essay

  14. Block method : Read the question carefully and decide upon the elements you are required to discuss. Discuss the importance of setting and character on developing the Conflict in two works studied this year. Choose to write about: Macbeth & Dracula Decide upon 3 points of discussion in the question: Body Para 1: 1st Point : Conflict in Macbeth: discuss conflict (time, place , circumstances) among and between the characters of Macbeth) 2nd Point: Macbeth : Importance of Setting of Scotland in Macbeth: discuss influence of setting (time, place , circumstances) on the setting the stage for Macbeth’s decision to kill the king and “fulfill his ambition.” 3rd Point: Importance of Character on developing conflict in novel.

  15. Body Para 2: 1st Point : Discuss the Conflict in Dracula: 2nd Point: Importance of Setting in Dracula. England provided the hunting grounds and the means by which the heroes were able defeat the count by destroying the boxes of earth which he needed to survive. 3rd Point: Importance of Character on developing conflict in novel. Close paragraph with a point which links to thesis statement Body Para 3: Body Para 3: Leads into the Conclusion: Draws a direct comparison or difference between the two works. Conclusion: You need to point out clearly the similarities or differences between the two selections.

  16. http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr6.htm See link for transition terms

  17. https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit02/mlo-01/mlo.htm Personal Response Section: • Section C: (value 15 marks) • The Personal Response Writing • • This section consists of a prompt. Students will be required to compose an original • piece in the form of one of the following: a letter to the editor, an editorial, a narrative • (monologue, short story or essay), or an essay (descriptive, narrative, expository). (see Reference Points text if unsure of any of the formats) • The choice of original piece to be written will be prescribed on the exam. • The following categories will be assessed: • organization/mechanics (sentence construction), style (voice, diction), content.

  18. Be sure to adhere to the form dictated in the exam question. • Ensure your tone, and purpose is made clear, and your intended audience. • Prepare a sample answer to this question . https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit02/mlo-02/mlo.htm MLO on Personal Writing https://www.cdli.ca/mlo/engl3201/unit02/mlo-03/mlo.htm Approaching the styles of the Personal Writing Section

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