Year 11 - Paper 1 Baseline Assessment Learner Response
1a. T - Remember every point has to reflect how older people are represented. T - Whilst true, you can't just list characters and types. b. 14/34 Grade 3 2. Question 2 (12 mark unseen) • Representation is generally positive: character represented as smiling/ laughing/happy. • Character seems healthy and robust, perhaps challenging stereotypical representations of older people being unhealthy or frail, makes being older seem something positive and enjoyable (although there may be some debate as to why Specsavers might therefore need to visit them at home in the first place). • Clothes look quite expensive, neat and new, suggesting a certain degree of wealth and success (which might not necessarily be true of all older people). 3. Question 3 (Galaxy - Propp's Character Theory) • Audrey as princess and car driver as hero. • Car driver as (false) hero – he arrives to save the day (apparent hero) but is demoted to chauffeur so...