Study Hub for CXC English A & B

  STUDY QUESTIONS NOTE: You can use these questions to review your knowledge and understanding of the prologue once you have finished reading it.  Compare your responses with your peers or seek feedback from your teachers. Instructions: Read and answer each question below carefully. 1. At what time of day do the events in the Prologue take place? a. Morning b. Afternoon c. Evening d. It is not stated.                          2. Where are the animals, mother and her sons?                                                3. Who is in the moon?                                                    ...

  There are a few key activities that you will have to perform at the beginning of the English SBA. These are the selection of the group themes, the individual sub-topics and the three artefacts or pieces of material. The teacher and students will brainstorm possible themes and then students will form groups based on the themes that are of interest to them. Some teachers might give students the option of brainstorming topics and forming groups on their own. The context/culture of a classroom will inform the nature of the brainstorming session, group formation and topic selection. Once each group has chosen the broad theme that it will focus on, each member of the group will have to select a sub-topic or a specific aspect of the theme that he or she will focus on. This does not have to be an arduous task.  TIPS FOR SELECTING INDIVIDUAL SUB-TOPICS 1. Choose a sub-topic that interests you. Also, try to pick one that is based on a current or controversial issue. 2. Ask members of ...

Instruction: Read the poem then answer the items on the basis of what is stated or implied. Thoughts What kind of thoughts now, do you carry In your travels day by day Are they bright and lofty visions, Or neglected, gone astray? Matters not how great in fancy, Or what deeds of skill you’ve wrought; Man, though high may be his station, Is no better than his thoughts. Catch your thoughts and hold them tightly, Let each one an honor be; Purge them, scourge them, burnish brightly, Then in love set each one free. Myra Viola Wilds                                                                         This poem is in the public domain. 1. Why does the poet ask the questions in the first stanza?         a. He is inquisitive and wants to know what we are thinking. ...

      America       Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,       And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,       Stealing my breath of life, I will confess       I love this cultured hell that tests my youth. 5    Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,       Giving me strength erect against her hate,       Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.       Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state,       I stand within her walls with not a shred 10  Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.       Darkly I gaze into the days ahead,       And see her might and granite wonders there,       Beneath the touch of Time’s unerring hand,       Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand.       By Claude McKay             ...

In David Rubadiri's poem 'An African Thunderstorm' the poet presents the effects of a thunderstorm and the different reactions of human society to its coming. Setting: The events in the poem happen in a village in Africa. Stanzas 1 and 2: These stanzas focus on providing details about how nature is transformed as a consequence of the thunderstorm. It is clearly quite powerful and the poet uses several images to convey this. It is evident that the wind is forceful as it is described as moving the clouds wildly 'like a plague of locusts' and even moving things about 'like a madman chasing nothing'. Images likes these give a vivid idea about the uncontrollable or erratic nature of the storm. Stanza 3: In this stanza, the reader sees that the children, in all their innocence, are unfazed by the storm. It leaves them feeling quite excited as seen in the line ' screams of delighted children'. It is something they look forward to experiencing...

As you put together your English SBA together, bear the following in mind: 1. Have your written the plan of investigation? 2. Have you written the three (3) reflections? 3. Have the three pieces been included? 4. Have you written the group report? 5. Do the written tasks conform to the stipulated word limits? 6. Does your SBA have an oral presentation plan? 7. Have you completed your oral presentation? 8. Has the individual participation measure been filled in? 9. Have you worked hard to contribute to a good score for the indicators of group activity? 10. Do you have a table of contents? 11. Do you have a cover page? 12. Does your SBA have a reference section? 13. Have you numbered the pages? It is very important to track your progress as you work on completing your SBA so you don't miss any tasks. Study Hub for English A & B

ABOUT THE POET Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) had first hand experience with the the trauma associated with war. As a result, he wrote a number of poems based on his own experiences and those he witnessed. Owen would have suffered shell shock and eventually died on the battlefield of World War 1 at the young age of 25. THE POEM The poem 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' was one of the many poems he wrote to dispel the notion that sending soldiers to fight in a war was a glorious experience. He calls it an 'old lie' which is fed to soldiers to give them a sense of ease and encourage patriotism as they embrace the idea of sacrificing their lives for their country. The reality is quite different as many soldiers either die or are left physically and mentally damaged. Owen does not hold back in his presentation of the horrors of war. He employs graphic language to portray the discomfort, despair and death. By the end of the poem, readers are left reeling by the devastating real...