Weeks 4, 5, 6:

1. Weeks 4, 5, 6: • Alternating between Language and Gender work, and coursework (1 lesson a week on each, for three weeks). • Style models, & drafts of original writing & commentaries in first week back (Wednesday lesson).

2. How is gender represented in the article on Louise Mensch? Things to remember: • Use technical knowledge (frameworks/methods: graphology; modification; marked forms; register; repetition; epanaphoraetc.) • Refer, wherever relevant, to GAP (in this article, Kirsty Walker is reporting on a GQ article, so GAP is complicated but interesting) • The examiners are looking for detailed, systematic, and focussed explorations of the texts, not “finely tuned” essays – you don’t need to worry about formal introductions & conclusions.

3. How to structure a paragraph in groupings & gender questions: Name it Evidence it (quotes) Analyse it Link (to contexts – GAP; possible/likley effects on reader; terms of the question itself)

4. How much space/time to each part of NEAL? N E A + L

5. Language & Gender Question: Cover GAP, briefly, instead of formal “intro,” then NEAL Specific method is NAMED (AO1) Kirsty Walker’s article uses premodified noun phrases to mark women’s participation in politics and writing as unusual, or at least less common than men’s. “Women politicians” is used twice, once in the headline and once by Mensch herself. Walker also refers to Mensch as a “chick-lit novelist” and “author of chick-lit novels.” Specific EVIDENCE given; repetition is mentioned Approx. 180 words; 130-ish are A+L “Women politicians” suggests that both the Daily Mail and Louise Mensch herself associate the unmodified, unmarkednoun“politician” with men. The pre-modification of the nouns “novels” and “novelist” with “chick-lit” marks Mensch’s writing as specifically female or feminine; it might even imply that “chick-lit novels” are a “lower” form of writing than (unmodified and unmarked) “novels,” just as “crime” and “science fiction” novels are sometimes treated as “lower” forms. The repetition of these modified, gender-specific noun phrases seems to emphasise the importance of Mensch’s gender, as if it is primarily her gender that makes her work as a politician and writer unusual. This could be because the article appears in the Daily Mail, which is a traditionally conservative newspaper and might therefore be likely to criticise “non-traditional” gender roles. ANALYSIS is developed & focussed, with embedded quotes to support; technical language used throughout in critical way (AO1/2); ANALYSIS ends with LINKs to gender stereotypes & GAP (AO3). Use of words like “seems” “appears” – examiners like it when analysis is detailed but tentative/speculative.