...J.K. Rowling Bobbie Sue Hill AIU Online J.K. Rowling From living in poverty, on public assistance, to widely famous, accomplished writer, J.K. Rowling has had a roller-coaster of a life. Rowling is known world-wide by her ever popular Harry Potter books. There is, however, more to Rowling than meets the eye. The struggles she faced and the end result of her fight for a better life has made for a wonder experience for me to research. Joanne Kathleen Rowling also known as J.K. Rowling wrote a series of books that has made her more money than she could have ever imagined. Some have said it to have made her wealthier than the Queen of England. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” began as “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” which contained Rowling’s personal annotations and illustrations. Sold at a Sotheby’s auction to an anonymous bidder, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” raised $239,932.44 for her own charity and English PEN. (jkrowling.com) Her first book was “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” published in 1997 and was an immediate success. Following was “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” published in 1998, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” published in 1999, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” published in 2000, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” published in 2003, and finally “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” published in 2007. All of these books are available in more than 200 countries and some 60 languages. (jkrowling...
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...Further Teacher Guidance GCSE English Language Studying Spoken Language: Variations, choices, change in spoken language This document has been compiled from the GCSE English Language Specification, material previously published in the Teacher Guide and material distributed at INSET (also available on the secure website). It includes candidate responses in draft form with Principal Examiner commentaries. This document is intended to offer guidance and support to teachers in preparing students for the controlled assessment of Unit 4 S tudying Spoken Language (for first submission Summer 2012). It must be e mphasised that the advice which follows is exactly that: it is not prescriptive and where approaches are mentioned these are not the only possible or recommended choices. As you make your decisions and des ign teaching programmes, please remind yourselves of the most important factors to be taken into account as detailed in the ‘Key Information’ section of this guide and in the ‘Controlled Assessment’ booklet which must be downloaded from the secure website. Contents Key Information Relevant Assessment Objective Advice on Approaches Frequently Asked Questions Controlled Assessment Checklist Using transcriptions, recordings, recollections & terminology Assessment Criteria Candidate responses with Principal Moderator Commentaries Teaching Resources Key Information Candidates will be required to study an aspect of spoken language. The assignment will be a...
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