Planning and Writing Your Own Exam!

Short Answer Questions - 15 marks (5 X 3 marks each)

2-4 marks each

define and give an example of (briefly) 

making reference to something studied that requires only that definition to be explained

hubris maybe (but then you’ll say, wait, hubris can ALSO be applied to the novel and the play!) YES! Hubris could also be utilized in a longer answer, but it can be used for a short by only asking for the def.

Paragraph Answer Questions - 15 - 20 marks (5 marks each X 3 or 4 questions)

5-7 marks each

define, give an example and explain with some context (the info AROUND the specific answer that helps show the meaning more completely)

you have to bring a little more of TEXT TO SELF or WORLD (text to novel)

this is frequently the worst part of an exam - i.e. students don’t write enough or they repeat themselves - HOW BEAT THIS? - plan your answer

Site Passage Response - 25 - 30 marks, with questions all over the map

You will read something live in the exam, it will require thought and then you will respond to questions and show you have the ability to think deeply in the moment. 

Commonly, there are questions about symbols and symbolism, imagery, themes, deeper meanings, characterization, perspective changes and then often a text to world element

Most often, this is where Lobb steps in and constructs the questions, old fashionedly (this is not a word)

THIS IS WHERE GROUP WORK IS KEY

Creativity Piece - this is usually baked into the site passage - HEY! Do your own response to this piece! (10 marks straight up)

Creative work with good word choice and maintaining thematic and stylistic similarity with the source - i.e. it feels like the source poem or story

In-Class Essay - 30 marks (or so) and uh oh…

Comparison between Frankenstein and Macbeth.

Hey, what is the thing to compare? Hey, these guys both challenged God and She hates that!

Who is a monster? What makes a monster? Compare those two sources in this way. 

Two tragic heroes, two rise and fall stories, two terrible endings that bring everything back to Normal.