Struggling to help DS with his homework

That's a relief!!!! 😂

Hope it went well @zazabeans

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I agree @MrsHamlet I think that is quite a hard 10 min question if you haven't even read the passage before.

If it's the question I think, in real life it's nearer 25 minutes to answer.

If this is a 10 minute exercise then ( and for emphasis I am not an English teacher - I was an english Graduate many many years ago ) - so I cannot give you an answer - but if it were my DC I would say of the 10 mins - read and make a note of what you take from it - but they have given you a steer there - so if it were me it would be the balance between too much tech and being able to do without it as others have said so ( & I can't read the 2nd bit very well - but yes use the words suggested or similar so you could for e.g. say Most people "thoroughly or comprehensively embrace technology ) & then may be "the setting" is in the home / bedroom & themes of joint family life vs private life in bedrooms and then I think just paraphrase the article using some of the words given.

But what do I know ? please an English teacher say better. It isn't that easy actually - But I can't read the 2nd sheet properly - - I would say - just put down something he thinks is common sense from reading the passage and clearly they somewhere they want him to explain using some similar words to the ones given

All best

I'm glad it's not just me thinking that Language

Oh @MrsHamlet maybe! I thought it was the language question but I think you're right.
Probably ignore my advice OP and just ask for more info from the teacher.

It's been a crazy week, they might just have forgotten to upload some extra instruction with it!

I think the plenary is misleading and a bad example.

I think the question he's supposed to answer is "How does the writer use language to show that it is difficult to live without technology?"

I would suggest- picking four examples of language that show this and structuring it like so:

The writer uses language to show it's difficult to live without technology when he writes "quote" this suggests to the reader that (what does it suggest" X 4

Sorry I can't be more specific as on my phone and can't switch between the screens.

I'm an English teacher though and it's not clear at all, I would email the teacher and say whilst you appreciate the work set that your son needs more guidance and instruction to be able to complete it.

They're not. It's the evaluate question, I'm sure. They're supposed to be used to get the marks.
But without the context of the question which needs to be answering, or any clear direction, it's too hard for ten minutes!

I think the words in the boxes are a red herring. They look like words connected to a mark scheme. I'm going to go back and read it again and see if I can answer it for you!

The light I would honestly shed is that without context I have no idea what he's meant to do.
If it's meant to take ten minutes, and he's been staring at it for 3 hours, he needs to stop. I would be appalled if any of my students had to fight that long with a task.
Where's the teaching that goes with it???

@zazzabeans I teach GCSE English. It looks like an AQA paper 1 q4.
Does that sound right?

I guess themes could be
overuse of technology
parental control over teenagers
relationships within the family
conflict between parents and children
struggles for older generation to feel abreast of the modern world
struggles for younger people to deal with real world outside of social media

Any good? I don't know if it needs to be specific or much wider. If it needs to be general, family relationships and the changing world would work

So why was it a struggle and why didn't they succeed?

Suggested possible themes:

• children too wedded to tech these days
• actually despite the drawbacks we really missed the benefits

I always used to tell mine if they were really struggling and we couldn't help , we just filled it in as sorry we need help and don't understand this, for the teacher to help .

YH Teen has it. They want him to read the text about how difficult it was to get rid of technology in his home and then write the piece as a summary, filling in the blank spaces creatively. When doing this, try to use some of the adverbs supplied.

So maybe read it through with him and discuss what happens, how well do they get on without tech, maybe pick out a key sentence which illustrates the issue (for example, "It wasn't fine, It was a farce. Yet, I would argue, an instructive farce" - shows that it was impossible to live without tech, it was funny at times ("farce") and yet they all learned something ("instructive") - maybe about over reliance on google for answers, or overuse of netflix for entertainment?

That's just a suggestion tho

As I can't read the text, here are some questions:

• what doesn't the author like about use of tech
• where did he try to get rid of using it
• what happened in the experiment
• what did he decide, tech good, tech bad, or that there are pros and cons