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CAT Question. ‘Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world.’ How far does Steinbeck’s presentation of the relationship between George and Lennie challenge this idea ? Read through your initial thoughts of your plan to remind yourself of your ideas. Objectives.
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CAT Question • ‘Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world.’ How far does Steinbeck’s presentation of the relationship between George and Lennie challenge this idea? • Read through your initial thoughts of your plan to remind yourself of your ideas...
Objectives By the end of today’s lesson you will be able to: • Answer your CAT question about the themes in the novella Of Mice and Men.
Controlled Assessment To achieve an A/A*, I need to: • Explore and evaluate a range of language techniques and structural devices • Analyse the writer’s perspective • Use precise quotations to enhance my work • Understand how the social, cultural and historic context is woven into the text
Controlled Assessment To achieve an B,I need to: • Interpret a range of language techniques and structural devices • Identify the writer’s perspective • Use apt quotations to illuminate meaning • Demonstrate the impact of the social, cultural and historic context on the text
Controlled Assessment To achieve an C,I need to: • Show a clear understanding of how meaning is conveyed looking at the writer’s techniques • Identify the writer’s perspective • Use well selected quotations to enhance analysis • Demonstrate the significance of the social, cultural and historic context on the text
Target Setting • Come up with three targets that you want to achieve. • Explain how you are going to achieve them... What do you need to do?!
HOMEWORK • Complete the planning grid and any other planning you need to do. • Remember that this PowerPoint is on the VLE (Year 10 – Of Mice and Men – click on Of Mice and Men lessons – enrolment key: Lennie)
CAT Question • Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world.’ How far does Steinbeck’s presentation of the relationship between George and Lennie challenge this idea? • Write about: • the friendship George and Lennie have • why this friendship is unusual • the dreams the characters have • the effects of these dreams on the characters’ sense of loneliness • how Steinbeck presents ranch life
Loneliness Add these (plus a precise quotation to your plan) • How does language show the inerrant workers are lonely? • Candy’s Dog episode • The magazine article and their reaction • Silence • Names of places and things
Friendship Add these (plus a precise quotation to your plan) • How does Steinbeck present George and Lennie’s friendship? • Unusual • Very close • Constantly developing • They need each other
American Dream Add these (plus a precise quotation to your plan) • How does the American Dream help develop your argument? • Sense of isolation when the Dream is lost • The characters (eg Curley’s wife) who are loneliest have had their Dream shattered • ‘Outsiders’ having the Dream
Quotations • Find quotations for all the points you’ve made so far today...
Planning Grid • Use the planning grid to come up with a structure for your essay... • You should show how George and Lennie are or are not lonely in the novella. • Ensure you include topic sentences and linking sentences...
To end the lesson • Share your plan with a partner: • What is good about it? • What could be added as part of homework? • Remember: the more precise your plan, the easier you CAT will be...