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Paper 1 – Unseen Commentary. Texts will be ones you haven’t studied or seen before Two unseen texts: one poetry, one prose (could be from a short story, novel, essay, biography, etc.). They will either be complete, or extracts from a larger text.
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Texts will be ones you haven’t studied or seen before • Two unseen texts: one poetry, one prose (could be from a short story, novel, essay, biography, etc.). They will either be complete, or extracts from a larger text. • Task: select ONE on which to write your commentary. • At HL, no guiding questions or guidelines.
Your task: Examine how the writer has written the piece and what effects it creates. Blend a personal response with your objective examination of the text.
Skills You Will Need: • Close reading with attention to details of language, patterns, tensions, structure, how the writer has constructed the piece and to what effect. • Knowledge of Close Reading Tools such as Color marking and the Commentary grid or Wheel • The ability to quickly read and make sense of a text, recognizing its most important features • The ability to apply your own literary understanding to the text based on all you have learned • The ability to organize your ideas quickly (outline)
Be aware that the texts have been chosen for good reasons…they will not present you with texts about which there’s nothing to say.
