Crit A - More Practice

A.I.: Grady Booch

Why does Grady Booch say that we should not pay attention to worries about artificial intelligence threatening mankind? (2)

What do you think is the most memorable part of the speech ? Justify your opinion. (3)

How is our interest kept by the speaker? You should aim to provide specific examples of at least three techniques. (3)

How has this speech influenced your views on artificial intelligence? Explain your answer. (3)

“This is an effective talk.” Supports or oppose this statement, giving detailed reasons for your answer. (3)

Never Let me Go 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=never+let+me+go+scene+8

What does the teacher ask the children?

What is the children´s answer? What happened to the boy they are talking about? TWO THINGS

Towards the end of the extract, the girls say ´Of course they´re true´ and ´Who would make up stories like that?

Describe the tone here.

What is the mood of this scene?

What effect did the lack of background music have on how you perceived the scene?

In your opinion, is it sometimes OK to lie to children?

Criterion A: Comprehending Spoken and Visual Texts

Watch the following TEDTalk about artificial intelligence:

Grady Booch:Don't fear superintelligent AI



You should create 3-4 questions that are inspired by some of the key words/sentence openers etc. from EACH of the three categories (and ten questions in total). Read through all of the questions and key words first and look up any words whose definition you are unsure of:

i) Evaluating and drawing conclusions 
Begin questions using words such as: define; give examples; compare and contrast; argue; give reasons for; judge; justify; criticize; consider; conclude; critique; summarize; appraise; suggest; decide; evaluate.

ii) Author's / Speaker's choice of style, format and ideas
What are the ideas, messages and attitudes presented by the creator/speaker? What is the creator/speaker trying to tell us? How has he or she expressed this meaning/opinion/concept?
What is the tone of the text (formal, sarcastic, ironic, aggressive, familiar, charming, rude, enthusiastic)?
What does the tone of the text tell us about the meaning and the creator’s/speaker’s attitude towards ...?
[List of words, images or an extract from the text]. Why has the creator/author/speaker used these words/images?
Who is the audience? What has the creator/author done to get the interest of the viewer?
Why has the creator/author chosen these words/images/this layout and presentation?
How does the creator/author of this presentation create mood through the visuals that contradict the spoken message?

iii) Opinions / Personal responses
How has this webcast/website/advertisement/presentation/cartoon/story/documentary/short film/music video influenced your ideas or feelings about ...? 
What did you think of the ...? 
Have you ever felt like ...? 
What was your reaction to ...? 
What/how did you feel when …? 
Do you believe …? 
Do you agree with the creator/author? 
“The speaker shows bias when he refers to one of the nationalities.” Explain, providing specific examples. 
“This is an effective advertisement.” Support or oppose this statement, referring to the efficacy or lack of efficacy of propaganda techniques used. 
How does the second speaker express disagreement without doing so directly? 
What effect do you think the creator/author was aiming for by using a mix of formal language and slang in the final dialogue? Support your answer with examples.

Preparing for our listening exam...

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Tasks to be completed whilst orals are being conducted...

YOU MUST REMAIN IN SILENCE. NO WHISPERING, NO GETTING OUT OF CHAIRS.

- So that your classmates can do their best in their orals! :)

Things to be getting on with:

1. You can continue to revise for your oral.

2. We know that phrasal verbs can be a bit of a pain so use this time to get some practice in using the following links:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/phrasal-verbs.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/phrasal_verbs_come.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/phrasal_verbs_get.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm

3. Use any remaining time to look at the news sites (links above) and get some extra reading practice in.

I read this article over the weekend. As always, I would love to hear your opinions on it:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/11/how-the-lunatic-fringe-conquered-world-politics-brexit-donald-trump

The River God - Stevie Smith

Excellent additional information to help you fill in the table for the River God can be found here:

The River God: Information from BBC Bitesize

Quickdraw by Carol Ann Duffy

Quickdraw

I wear the two, the mobile and the landline phones,
like guns, slung from the pockets on my hips. I’m all
alone. You ring, quickdraw, your voice a pellet
in my ear, and hear me groan.

You’ve wounded me.
Next time, you speak after the tone. I twirl the phone,
then squeeze the trigger of my tonge, wide of the mark.
You choose your spot, then blast me

through the heart.
And this is love, high noon, calamity, hard liqour
in the old Last Chance saloon. I show the mobile
to the sheriff; in my boot, another one’s

concealed. You text them both at once. I reel.
Down on my knees, I fumble for the phone,
read the silver bullets of your kiss. Take this …
and this … and this … and this … and this …

Good information available Here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetryrelationships/quickdrawrev1.shtml

PEE paragraphs - Some useful phrases

Some useful phrases:

•The author describes ________ as ‘….’

•The quotation, ‘…’ gives the impression that…

•There is a description of the _____ as, ‘….’

•For example, when, ‘…’ the quotation

•This gives the impression of …

•The word ‘…’ gives a clear idea of …

•The author gives a sense of the …

•From this quotation …

Point:

I think that...

I believe that....

It seems that...

It appears that...

Evidence:

I think / know this because...

This is shown when...

This is highlighted in the text when it is stated that...

An example of this is...

The writer says...

On page ____, Steinbeck writes...

Explanation:

This use of...

The word .... shows/ demonstrates / indicates...

This suggests that...

This could mean...

This shows that...

This makes it clear that...

From this we can tell...

This suggests...

This reveals that...

This implies that...

This gives the impression that...

This gives the idea that...

This example highlights...

This emphasises...

This could mean... or perhaps it suggests that...