Topic Three (3.3): Expository Skills

Introduction

One of the main assessment criteria in the AS English General Paper is the ability to form your own opinions based upon your own experiences in the country and community that you live in. In Topic 3.2, you explored street art within your local area and thought critically about it. This topic asks you to think critically about how the arts are funded where you live and how you can use the information you discover in an essay. Your reflective diary should now be used to record examples of what you have learnt in your own words.

Read and Make Notes

Read and make notes from page 78, ‘Using expository skills in an argument’, to page 80 in the textbook.

Tasks

Complete the activities in the textbook.

 Wider Reading and Research

• Research the following topics online:
  • How are the Arts funded?
  • What are the main arguments for and against funding arts?
  • Are some arts more heavily funded than others?
  • Why might this be?
  • What funding is available for art in your local community?
  • What arts are valued in your community?
  • Do you have any art galleries?
  • What kind of exhibitions do they have?
  • Get out to some of these exhibitions if you can.

 Reflect

Write what you have learnt in your reflective diary.