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📝 Crit A: Knowledge and Understanding
DICE/PACT
Stages of IDEAs1. 📌 DICE → Inference → Evidence
▸Text 1 – Infographic
The following infographic is from the website of Humor That Works, a company that provides training and resources on how to achieve success and happiness in the workplace.
Humor at Work: How’s & Whys of Workplace Humor
* missing-person milk carton: since the early 1980s, advertisements on milk cartons in the United States have been commonly used to publicize cases of missing people.
Reference: Tarvin, A., 2019. Humor at work: how’s and why’s of workplace humor. Humor That Works [online]. Available at: https://www.humorthatworks.com/humor-at-work-infographic/ [Accessed 22 September 2020]. SOURCE ADAPTED.
| DICE Piece | Your INFERENCE | CONFIRMING EVIDENCE |
|---|---|---|
| Author / Company: Humor That Works | ||
| Publication: Company website (.com) | ||
| Date: 2019 | ||
| Text Type: Infographic |
2. 🌳 Stages of IDEAs (Tree Diagram)
▸Stage 0 / Stage 1 IDEA
The writer's central message/structure
Structure Branch 1: Presenting the Problem
Structure Branch 2: Presenting the Solution/Benefits
Problem Aspect A
PACT / DICE Details
Problem Aspect B
PACT / DICE Details
Solution Aspect A
PACT / DICE Details
Solution Aspect B
PACT / DICE Details
📝 Crit B: Analysis and Evaluation
3‑Step Technique
Annotation Rubric1. 🔍 Annotate the Infographic
▸Text 1 – Infographic
The following infographic is from the website of Humor That Works, a company that provides training and resources on how to achieve success and happiness in the workplace.
* missing-person milk carton: since the early 1980s, advertisements on milk cartons in the United States have been commonly used to publicize cases of missing people.
Reference: Tarvin, A., 2019. Humor at work: how’s and why’s of workplace humor. Humor That Works [online]. Available at: https://www.humorthatworks.com/humor-at-work-infographic/ [Accessed 22 September 2020]. SOURCE ADAPTED.
2. 📋 MUSE task
▸Rank the top 5 annotations. For each, explain why it allows high-level analysis.
| Rank | Annotation / Feature | Why high‑level? |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 4 | ||
| 5 |
📝 Writing Resources
TS & ELAB
TEEAL scaffold
Ways to Phrase Deconstructions📝 Crit A: Topic Sentence & Elaboration
✍️ Topic Sentence and Elaboration Writing
▸🏆 Feedback Engine – Compare with the model
Click below to score your topic sentence and elaboration against banded examples.
Topic Sentence:
Elaboration:
📝 Crit B: Timed EAs
⏱️ Timed EAs
▸🏆 Feedback Engine – Compare with the model
Click below to score your EA against banded examples.
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All Criteria
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▸TEEAL scaffold🎓 Interactive Paper 1 TEEAL Poster
Once you've completed the planning and writing exercises, write a full essay covering all criteria. Show this to your teacher for feedback – no scoring here, just your best work.