English Literature: Unit 1 Understanding Prose 50% of Total Award
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Understanding Prose 50% of Total Award
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SECTION A: LITERARY HERITAGE (40 MARKS) SECTION B: DIFFERENT
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS (40 MARKS) ANIMAL FARM: 4 Part Question
Linked to short extract There will be 4 parts to each question The
extract will come from a significant section of text and be of
approx 300 words Students will be expected to relate extract to the
whole text HIGHER TIER questions will focus on character, theme,
language and significance of the extract OF MICE AND MEN: Essay
Question Students will choose one of two essays Students will
select relevant material focussing on key words from the question,
clearly expressing relevant points and providing evidence from the
text Students will be expected to demonstrate a knowledge of the
whole text The essay WILL be assessed for the quality of written
communication
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George Orwell
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4 PART QUESTION Question Frame Work A) Character B) Language C)
Theme in the extract D) theme in another part of the novel You
Should Spend 1 HOUR on this section
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Question Frame Work A) Character (8) B) Language (10) C) Theme
in the extract (10) D) Theme in another part of the novel (12) This
question is worth 8 Marks (You should spend 10 mins on this
question) In class this is where pupils are picking up most marks.
PEEE for approx 3 points This question is worth 10 marks (You
should spend 12 mins on this question) Reminders are to focus
specifically on the techniques the writer uses, naming them
specifically and exploring their impact. (Direct speech / Hyperbole
/ Personal Pronouns / Irony / Simile /Metaphor / Repetition /
Onomatopoeia / Rhetorical Question etc) This question is worth 10
marks (You should spend 12 mins on this question) Top Tips be
really specific about how ORWELL presents the theme (the methods he
uses for impact and why.) Interweave the key term into your
response to show a clear and full analytical appreciation REMEMBER
Band 5criteria states: explanation of importance of theme in
extract shows perceptive understanding This question is worth 12
marks (You should spend 15 mins on this question) As above!
Remember to choose an appropriate part of the novel ONE is written
in bold on the exam paper. You will only be rewarded for you in
depth exploration of ONE other area. YOU MUST analyse STRUCTURE,
FORM and LANGUAGE as part of this question.
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TIME Weekly our timed assignments are showing that this is a
key area that we need to focus on! Remember 1 HOUR ONLY ft this
section then we need to move on!
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Write in your own words the nature of the allegory of Animal
farm What is Orwells message? Which characters are representative
from history? Which events are used to parallel history?
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PIGS Old Major Napoleon Snowball Squealer Minimus Pink eye
Piglets HUMANS Mr Jones Mr Frederick Mr Pilkington Mr Whymper
EQUINES Boxer Clover Mollie Benjamin OTHER ANIMALS Murial Moses
Jessie and Bluebell The puppies Sheep Hens Crows Rats Cat
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Power Leadership Corruption Friendship Trust Unity Lies Rules
and Order Intelligence Dreams Violence Pride
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Techniques and examples
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It is as important to know this as it is the content! 10
minutes read and annotate the extract. Use highlighters if you wish
to colour code each question 10 minutes answer question 1 Character
12 minutes answer question 2 Language 12 minutes answer question 3
Theme in Extract 15 minutes answer question 4 theme outside of the
extract (one other part of the novel) Last Minute: Proofread and
Check
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John Steinbeck
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ESSAY QUESTION Students will choose one of two essays Students
will select relevant material focussed on the key words in the
question, clearly expressing relevant points and providing evidence
from the text Students will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of
the whole text Essay will be assessed for QWC
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Questions for different cultures texts are in essay format You
have 45 minutes to respond to this question
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For example 13) Explain the importance of the friendship
between George and Lennie. Remember to consider the impact of the
Depression in 1930s America in your answer. (40) OR 14) Explore how
dreams and dreaming affect individual characters in the novel.
Remember to consider how the American Dream is represented in your
answer. (40) Questions will focus on a Key theme, character,
setting or issue etc within the text TOP TIP: remember to
interweave the key term from the question into your response. This
shows the examiner that you are responding to the question set and
not generically Questions begin with words like explain and explore
inviting a complex, critical and analytical response TIP: plan
carefully to illustrate consideration Pupil will be given a CHOICE
of two questions Spend 5 mins carefully choosing and planning your
response picking the best Q Remember you must only respond to ONE
of the two questions set Each question will have a contextual link
Remember your demonstration of A04 in this section is worth a huge
15% of the total award. Ensure that each PEEE is related to the
cultural, social and historical context within the text TOP TIP:
remember, however, this this is an English essay rather than
history. Essentially, it is how / why the novel presents these
factors that is crucial Essay is marked out of 14 16 marks are
available for A01, 24 for A04.
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Crucial to Success Plan first This gives your essay a clear
structure and shows the examiner both that you are organised and
that you know the text PEEE Use PEEE to optimise success and
maximise A01 mark showing a wide critical understanding of the
text. Link points through careful A04 references Quotations as
supporting evidence Alternate small embedded and longer quotations
to show both wider analysis and close textual reference Leave time
to proofread Checking that you care clear to the examiner is
paramount. You might know what you mean but an examiner has to
also
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Dreams Loneliness Isolation Friendship Death Nature
violence
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CHARACTERSSETTING George Milton Lennie Small Candy Slim Crooks
The Boss Curley Curleys Wife Candys Dog Aunt Clara Whit Carlson The
Green Pool The bunk house The Harness Room The barn
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Literary Context Stock Market Crash 1929 1930s depression Role
of Women (flapper movement) Race Television and Media Race
Disability Ranch life / migrant working Conditions of work
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George talks to Slim page 43 Slim moved back slightly so the
light was not on his face. Funny how you an him string along
together. It was Slims calm invitation to confidence. What s funny
about it? George demanded defensively. Oh, I dunno. Hardly none of
the guys ever travel together. I hardly never seen two guys travel
together. You know how the hands are, they just come in a nd get
their bunk and work a month, and then quit and go out alone. Never
seem to give a damn about nobody. It jus seems kinda funny a cuckoo
like him and a smart guy like you travellin together. He aint no
cuckoo, said George. Hes dumb as hell, but he aint crazy. An I aint
so bright neither, or I wouldnt be buckin barley for my fifty and
found. If I was bright, if I was even a little bit smart, Id have
my own little place, an Id be bringin in my own crops, stead of
doin all the work and not getting what comes up outta the ground.
George fell silent. He wanted to talk. Slim neither encouraged nor
discouraged him. He just sat back quiet and receptive.
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Explain the importance of Curleys wife in the novel In your
answer, you must consider: the relationship between Curleys wife
and Curley how the men describe and treat Curleys wife the hopes
and dreams of Curleys wife
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AO1 Select and Evaluate Relevant Textual detail BAND 5:
Convincing responses to text supported by sustained relevant
textual reference Selection and evaluation of textual detail show
perceptive understandi ng of theme / ideas 16 Curleys wife is an
important character in the novel and is a key catalyst for change,
effectively ending the dream and the novel upon her death. Curleys
wifes relationship with Curley is bad Curley controls her. For
example Curleys wife is shown to say: I dont like Curley. He aint a
nice fella. This shows that Curley is oppressive and controlling of
her suggesting a possibly violent nature to their relationship.
This relates to ideas of women in the 1930s, who were still not
equal in rights to men and were treated in the way depicted here.
The reader may consider more modern attitudes of women and their
contrast to this. Steinbeck did this because of the influence of
male-dominated ranch life around him. The other men treat Curleys
wife badly. For example, George refers to her in Chapter Two as a
rat trap and jail bait. This shows Georges distrust for Curleys
wife as he believes that she may be taking advantage of Lennies
lack of intelligence to get him into trouble we later find out that
it is more to do with loneliness when she speaks to Lennie in
Chapter 5.
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AO4 Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical
contexts BAND 5: Convincing reference to context supported by
relevant textual reference. Explanation of importance of theme /
ideas shows perceptive understanding George may see Curleys wife as
a more reformist woman trying to take advantage of men, similar to
the flapper movement of the time when women were beginning to
disregard male authority. The reader may think that George is being
harsh on her, but they may feel that he is right in that she is
Lennies downfall which she is in the end. Steinbeck did this to
possibly foreshadow this future event of Lennie Killing. Through
somehow negatively getting involved with her. Other characters also
treat Curleys wife with suspicion. For example in Chapter 4, Candy
says: Curleys wife can move quiet. I guess she had a lot of
practice though. this shows that Candy believes she has become
adept at deceiving and getting men into trouble and that she can
move around silently. This is somewhat of an exaggerated assumption
as she is never mentioned to have decieved any men at all and Candy
is likely to think that he is threatened by the appearance of a
woman on the ranch. This relates to the male dominance on ranches
at the time, especially considering the views of woman as weak.
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Women never worked on ranches and were almost always in a
similar position to Curleys wife a belonging of those higher up and
someone to be left alone. The reader is likely to think that Candys
ideas are exaggerated but will view them with respect to the
context. Curleys wifes dreams reflect the American Dream. For
example in Chapter 5 she says: Coulda been in the movies this shows
that she genuinely believed that she had a lot of talent, but she
says later that she was never contacted again by the person who
offered her a role in the film this suggests that she was being
deceived and lied to. This relates to the American dream as she
believed that she could achieve anything, which is what the
American Dream is, if you work hard enough. Curleys wifes dreams
also relate to the depression. For example, because her dreams
never come to work, this shows that they are probably too far-
fetched for the financial state of the economy at the time there is
not enough money for a lot of people like her to live in luxury
following the Wall Street Crash. The reader may feel sympathy for
her, being prevented from reaching her goals. They may have been in
the same situation too. Steinbeck did this to point out flaws in
the American dream. In conclusion, Curleys wife is depicted as a
negative character to the men, but generates sympathy from her
failings.