Study Hub for CXC English A & B

One of the tasks you are to complete for your English SBA is an oral presentation . This is where you present creatively on your individual topic for  3-5 minutes .  This means if your specific topic is the factors that lead to domestic violence  then your presentation should focus on these factors in an interesting way. The oral presentation requires you to be: creative, confident and informative/persuasive . As you finalize your presentation, seek feedback and practise often. Your presentation can take the form of a: speech poem/dub poem skit/role play The presentation is worth 10 marks. Whatever the form of your presentation, it must: give an overview of your presentation. provide information on your chosen topic. This means if your chosen specific topic is the effects of drug abuse and you choose to say a poem, the poem should contain information on the effects of drug abuse using poetic language. be original. It should be something you wrote, not something you c

  English B - Comparative Essay Writing Tips Paper 2 of the English B examination requires you to write your answer in essay form.  This means your response should be presented in well-developed, grammatically sound paragraphs. The question on the exam paper may be broken up into sections labelled a), b), c) to help you, but you should not write those letters in your response or respond as if you are answering short answer questions. Remember your essay should have an introduction, body and conclusion. Also, you should have at least five (5) paragraphs in your essay. Please note that although a word limit is not stated, y ou should aim to write no fewer than 400 words. The introduction:   Use the question to guide how you craft your introduction. It should mention both poems/stories, the poets/writers, shared themes and techniques/devices. Generally, the points to be discussed are included in the introductory paragraph. Sample Introduction # 1 The short stories “Mom Luby and th

  God’s Grandeur The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck* his rod*? Generations have trod*, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod*. And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs-- Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844 – 1889 *reck – heed, rod – his authority, power, shod – covered with shoes, trod - walk 1. The word ‘grandeur’ (line 1) most likely means a. extravagance b. magnificence c. purpose d. presence 2. The words ‘seared’, ‘bleared’ and ‘smeared’ are used to a