Lesson 1: Tuesday Period 3
TASK: ZOOM, OMAM, TRANSFER ANNOTATIONS ONTO YOUR OWN COPY OF THE BOOK (HCB WILL CHECK THIS WHEN BACK IN SCHOOL)
P29
‘…gonna get hurt’ - foreshadowing
‘Ominously’ - predicting future
‘Don’t know rules’ - more dangerous bc he’s unpredictable
‘Cockier than ever since he got married’ - wife is like a ‘trophy’. He feels very protective. But not because he loves her - possessive.
‘Warmed to his gossip’ - Candy.
‘Soft for his wife’ - disgusting, sexually motivated.
‘Absorbedly’ - sucked in
‘He had drawn a derogatory statement from George. Neutrality is important. Survival - must not show your ‘hand’. Swamper has gained George’s trust.
CURLEY’S WIFE. She is defined by the fact that she belongs to Curley. How were women viewed? Possessions - wives, mothers, prostitution. Movies - dreams.
SOLEDAD - SOLITAIRE - Imagery, loneliness, survival of fittest
Marriage is not loving.
She’s not content.
SLIM - Tall, ‘Prince of the Ranch’. He’s self-confident.
‘A Tart’. - Cruel, way in which women were categorised.
‘Ancient dog’. Both on last legs. Candy feels emotionally attached.
Menial - no skill, low paid.
SUN - light. Pathetic fallacy.
‘Like sparks’ poetic imagery - simile.
Auditory - jingle harnesses.
Lesson 2: Wednesday Period 4
TASK: ZOOM, OMAM, Reading, analysis and annotation
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Topic: Y10 OMAM Z2 Wednesdays P4
Time: Jan 20, 2021 11:20 AM London
Every week on Wed, 7 occurrence(s)
Jan 20, 2021 11:20 AM
Jan 27, 2021 11:20 AM
Feb 3, 2021 11:20 AM
Feb 10, 2021 11:20 AM
Feb 17, 2021 11:20 AM
Feb 24, 2021 11:20 AM
Mar 3, 2021 11:20 AM
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Lesson 3: Thursday Period 6
TASK: OMAM Written Work (On a typed, named Word Document please)
1. Although Lennie says very little during this episode, Steinbeck makes references to his behaviour. Find some example quotes and comment on this, explaining how it might foreshadow future events in the novel.
2. Curley is described in very physical terms. Which techniques and word types Steinbeck uses to convey his character to the reader? Find three examples, and comment on each, using suitable adjectives to describe Curley's character.
3. What is George’s attitude towards Curley while he is in the bunkhouse? Find three examples to illustrate your points.
4. Comment on how Candy behaves during this extract, why do you think this is?
5. There are plenty of moments in the extract where Steinbeck hints at the trouble to come in the rest of the novel. Identify two or three areas where you think this is the case, select the text as a quote and write about what you think this may foreshadow later on. Why do you think Steinbeck uses foreshadowing?
Extension
How do you respond to Curley? Why is he the way he is and what role does he have in the novel? Where might he fit in within Steinbeck’s view of the flipside of the ‘American Dream’?
Lesson 4: Friday Period 2
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TASK: ZOOM, Anthology Part 1 Extract Analysis and Annotation
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Topic: Y10 ANTHOLOGY ZOOM Fridays P2
Time: Jan 22, 2021 09:40 AM London
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Jan 29, 2021 09:40 AM
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Mar 5, 2021 09:40 AM
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Lesson 5: Friday Period 3
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TASK: Anthology Part 1 Extract - Pre-reading and comprehension
IGCSE English Language KEY INFO - The anthology is here if you don't have your own copy (BUT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE IT!)
1. Read the extract (we will analyse and annotate it thoroughly next week too in our Zoom session).
2. Answer the following Comprehension Questions (copy and paste onto a named Word Document please):
Where did Adichie grow up?
Name six character traits that she used to write about when she was seven.
Why was there no need to talk about the weather in Nigeria?
Explain one way that Adichie’s middle class upbringing influenced her thinking about the poor.
What preconceptions did Adichie’s university roommate have about her?
What would a foreigner’s default understanding of African people be if all they knew came from popular images?
What did Adichie feel when she visited Mexico? What had led to her seeing the people in this light?
What does ‘malign’ mean (line 76)?
Names three things that, in Adichie’s eyes, stories have the positive power to achieve.
What does she mean when she writes that a ‘kind of paradise was regained?’
Extension questions:
From lines 1-10 select two words or phrases that indicate how precocious Adichie was as a child.
Look again at lines 11-27. In your own words explain what the writer’s thoughts and feelings are about the influence African writers had on her.