Individual Oral Commentary The IOC The basics How

Individual Oral Commentary The IOC

The basics How long is it? 15 minutes Realistically? You speak for 10 minutes and I’ll ask you questions for the rest • How long to prepare? • 20 minutes alone and then it’s show time • •

Guiding Questions Two at the bottom of every text. You need to incorporate them into your presentation/discussion

Guiding questions …. like, but not limited to … • What stylistic devices are used to convey ideas, attitudes and feelings? • How does the narrator’s point of view influence the reader’s understanding of the text? • What is the main theme or idea in this text and how has it been developed? • What atmosphere is the writer trying to create in the text?

So think … • Organisation – use that 20 minutes wisely • Think Context • Think Content

Context • • • Think of the 5 Ws Who wrote it? When was it written? Why was it written – writer’s purpose? Where is it from? What are you looking at? What is the writer exploring

Content • What can you highlight about: • Themes and how they are explored? • Plot of the story or form and structure of the poem • Literary, rhetorical or poetic devices being used?

Structure of your IOC Something like this …. . • Initial contextualization followed by a statement of intent: • this extract is significant because • I will discuss this in terms of …. • Next I will discuss this ……. . • and then I will discuss …. . • and finally I will discuss this