Hi,
When it comes to preparing for the Of Mice and Men part a question, perhaps the best bits to re-read and revise and the character introductions. When each character first appears, there is a cinematic physical description followed by some dialogue. By cinematic, I mean Steinbeck shows us the character visually in the same way you'd meet a character in a film. With the notable exception of Slim (who appeared in last year's paper), he doesn't tell us what to think of the characters; he shows us.
I've already said that I fancy a Curley question this year - and we've had a go at annotating the initial description of Curley. But perhaps this extract would be even better. It's the bit where Curley attacks Lennie.
Why not have a go at annotating it, then have a go at the questions that follow:
Another feeling that's nagging me is how obvious this Curley question might be. YouTube sensation Mr Bruff is spreading the word online that he expects a Curley question, and I fear that the exam board might want to throw a spanner in the works. So how about this one. It's Whit!
When it comes to preparing for the Of Mice and Men part a question, perhaps the best bits to re-read and revise and the character introductions. When each character first appears, there is a cinematic physical description followed by some dialogue. By cinematic, I mean Steinbeck shows us the character visually in the same way you'd meet a character in a film. With the notable exception of Slim (who appeared in last year's paper), he doesn't tell us what to think of the characters; he shows us.
I've already said that I fancy a Curley question this year - and we've had a go at annotating the initial description of Curley. But perhaps this extract would be even better. It's the bit where Curley attacks Lennie.
Why not have a go at annotating it, then have a go at the questions that follow:
Another feeling that's nagging me is how obvious this Curley question might be. YouTube sensation Mr Bruff is spreading the word online that he expects a Curley question, and I fear that the exam board might want to throw a spanner in the works. So how about this one. It's Whit!
This might feel like a tricky extract to pick, but in reality it's pretty do-able. Just use the mindmap below (which you should be committing to memory) to pick out Steinbeck's methods.
If I see any of you this week, I might get you to help me analyse these extracts so that we can post the results here for all to see.
One last doc. With the Whit extract, the inevitable question would be about loneliness. Here's a one page summary of this theme courtesy of Teachit:
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Mr M
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