Individual Oral Commentary

The Individual Oral Commentary is assessed on four basic criteria. Now there are PowerPoint presentations and a workbook which includes activity sheets to address each of these. The digital presentation allows images, movement, internet links, colour and sound to be combined while the workbook complements with practical activities that illustrate the concepts being discussed. Students can now address the key concerns of assessors before they actually present.

Knowledge and Understanding

Depth of knowledge is achieved by establishing a context for the passage being discussed. An awareness of the excerpt’s position in the text is further enhanced by an understanding of when the text was written and how it fits and reflects the period, the style of the day and the author’s development. Our own knowledge is enhanced when we can establish how a passage is representative of an author’s canon of work, how it reflects the author’s style and how it complements, or challenges, the conventions of the period in which it was written.

Organization and Presentation

The key to a good presentation is a well structured and considered delivery that is clearly signposted. In this way, anyone listening can follow your ideas and better appreciate your understanding. A presentation is given shape and form though good organization and allows the content to be contained, compartmentalized and given due consideration.

Language

How you speak is best indicated by the language you chose to use. There is a repertoire of literary terms that can enhance and show your appreciation and understanding of the writer’s craft. There is also an appropriate language associated with the subject matter that should be at your command. The language chosen will be an indication of the command you have over the conventions of presentation and of the affinity you have with the chosen topic.

Writer’s Choices

An awareness of how an author has constructed a work shows that you, as a reader, have gone beyond simply retelling the story. You have reached a level of seeing how something is shaped and patterned. You are balancing the story, the writer’s style, and the writer’s use of literary devices which combine to generate the shape of the work in question. Your handling of these elements shows your command of the work as a whole.

Four Powerpoint Presentations and Workbook – £79.99 (£95.99 inc. VAT) Order code 19051

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