Cover Work - Year 10
Monday 31st October and Tuesday 1st November
Over the course of the next 2 lessons, please work on the following tasks. These will form the start of the work you will be doing on poetry which will form your SAW Assessment.
Task One: Work through the activities on the attached PPT. Make sure to share your letter responses with each other. This is a paired activity, but one group will have to be in a three.
Task One: Work through the activities on the attached PPT. Make sure to share your letter responses with each other. This is a paired activity, but one group will have to be in a three.
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Task Two: Compare the attached extract from Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations', which introduces the character of Miss Havisham with the poem 'Havisham' by Carol Ann Duffy. What are the key similarities and differences between the two?
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Task Three: Complete the worksheet of questions on the poem 'Havisham'.
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Wednesday 26th October - Periods 5 & 6
You will have the following 4 lessons to be planning and drafting your essays on 'The Great Gatsby'. You are not allowed to take your plan home with you and must not have copious amounts of notes in your copies of Gatsby.
You will have 4 lessons, including today's double to be working on this.
You will have 4 lessons, including today's double to be working on this.
Tuesday 25th October - Period 1
Task 1:
Do some research on what makes an effective introduction and conclusion to an essay. Be sure to look up some examples of thesis statements.
Task 2:
Share the work that you did over the October break on Themes with each other and go over that information carefully as preparation for your Summative Assessment.
Do some research on what makes an effective introduction and conclusion to an essay. Be sure to look up some examples of thesis statements.
Task 2:
Share the work that you did over the October break on Themes with each other and go over that information carefully as preparation for your Summative Assessment.
Monday 24th October - Period 2
Work on essay planning for the following questions:
1. How does Fitzgerald present the theme of the American Dream in 'The Great Gatsby'?
2. How does Fitzgerald present the theme of illusion versus reality in 'The Great Gatsby'?
3. How does Fitzgerald present the theme of ambition and aspiration in 'The Great Gatsby'?
4. How does Fitzgerald present the theme of decadence and materialism in 'The Great Gatsby'?
1. How does Fitzgerald present the theme of the American Dream in 'The Great Gatsby'?
2. How does Fitzgerald present the theme of illusion versus reality in 'The Great Gatsby'?
3. How does Fitzgerald present the theme of ambition and aspiration in 'The Great Gatsby'?
4. How does Fitzgerald present the theme of decadence and materialism in 'The Great Gatsby'?