11A6: About A Boy independent extract analysis

You will need your copy of About A Boy to complete the tasks set this lesson.

• You are going to use the lesson to independently analyse two extracts from the text 
• Then, you are going to type up one extract response in 20 minutes.

Remember to use Hornby's name lots, and to indicate HOW Hornby is presenting the character.

Follow the instructions on the Word document, and complete the activities.  Click the image above, to access the document.

An Inspector Calls - Act One revision/consolidation.

Complete the questions on Act One of the play, by JB Priestley.   

You should answer all questions in detail. Remember to back up your points with quotations from the play. 


There is a rough guide as to how much to write for each question. Type up your answers in a Word document.  Print off your work, once you have finished.


Click here, to access the questions.

Apostrophes

Click on the image to learn/revise how to use them. 

An Inspector Calls - Audio

11A6: About A Boy. Marcus.

Make sure you have done the student voice survey, before completing this activity.

You are going to use this lesson to consolidate your knowledge of Marcus in About A Boy, by Nick Hornby.  You only have this lesson to complete the task set.

• Click here to access a Word document with facts about Marcus.  
• You need to download the document to your desktop (to do this, press the arrow at the top of the page, and select download)
• Complete the worksheet.  Read the fact, then write what that fact tells us about Marcus
• Print out your work before the end of the lesson.

11B3: Reviews

You only have this lesson to complete the tasks set.  If you read the instructions in this post properly, you won't need to ask me any/many questions.

TASK 1: Use the internet to find 2 examples of reviews.  You can find reviews of a film, an album, a gig, a book, a TV show. 

TASK 2: Use the reviews you have found to answer these questions.  Type up your answers in a Word document.  Print it out once finished.

1. What do you notice about how the reviews are set out/formatted?  e.g. do they have a title/subheading/paragraphs/images etc?
2. What do you notice about the information the writer includes e.g in the case of a film review, they might include a synopsis of the plot, information about the performers/director, comment on the performances etc etc.
3. What do you notice about the register of the piece e.g. is it formal or informal language?
4. What is the purpose/purposes of the reviews?  i.e to inform/persuade/advise/entertain/instruct?  How do you know?
5. How does each review start and end?   

EXT: write down 5 bullet points on what you need to include when writing a review.

Social Class: general definitions and divisions.

Social class = a division of society based on social or economic (money) divides.

The division between each social class used to be more defined than today.  There are historically three main social classes in Great Britain. Please bear in mind that these are general definitions and divisions.

Upper class = people with wealth that has been passed down over generations ('old money').  People in this social class usually have their money in the form of property or land e.g. country houses, town houses or both.  Members of this social class usually have a high status in society, and are well respected.  They also usually have access to the best education and schools.  Think Lady Mary Crawley from Downton Abbey:

Middle class = people who have property and money that they made themselves through business or manufacturing/industry.  Members of this social class are more likely to create or own businesses and employ people to work in that business.  These people are usually educated and 'self-made' people.  They are also generally well respected in society. Think Ben Harper from My Family and manufacturers in the Victorian era:

Working class = people who work for their money, usually doing some form of manual work or factory labour.  They are the employees not the employers.  Generally people from this social class are thought to be closer to poverty than members of the other classes, i.e. if they lost their job, they would struggle to afford to feed their families or house themselves. Think Daisy from Downton Abbey, the family in Raised by Wolves and Jim from The Royale Family: 

Social Class Quiz - preparation for An Inspector Calls.

Before completing this post, you should have read the general definitions and divisions of social classes in Great Britain, in the above post. 

To do:

• Take the two social class quizzes by clicking the images at the bottom of this post (one is a BBC quiz and one is a BuzzFeed quiz)
• Take note of your result for each quiz, and think about the questions they ask you in order to generate your result
• Create a Word document and type up your answers to the following questions.  Answer in full sentences:

1. What social class does the BBC quiz say you are?
2. What social class does the BuzzFeed quiz say you are?
3. Do you agree with your results?  You must clearly justify your response.
4. Think about the types of questions each quiz posed to generate your result.  Did anything surprise or interest you about the things they used to define your social class?  Explain what and why.
5. What do you think about social class?  Do you think it is relevant today?  Do you think we need it or need to know about it?  Do you think it is important, or will affect your life in any way?  You must clearly justify your answer.

BBC Class Quiz

BuzzFeed Class Quiz

Student Voice

Take the student voice survey by clicking the image below.  You must take it twice, (once for each English teacher).