‘Of Mice And Men’ Identify what you do know and understand Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Create a revision plan

English literature exam Monday 23 May Look at the exam question. In pairs, decide on at least 5 things you have to do and show to be successful Write them on your white board Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Success Criteria – what does it mean? A/A*: Can you conduct a close analysis and explore Steinbeck’s style, making perceptive and insightful comments? Can you make insightful links to context? B: Can you analyse and explore Steinbeck’s style, making insightful comments and making links to context? C: Can you explore Steinbeck’s style, making thoughtful and supported comments while considering context?

The pit. Where are you? How will you get out? C B A

English literature exam Monday 23 May BIG Question If that’s the question and the success criteria, how will you revise and prepare to get out of the pit? Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

First things first… What do you know and understand about characters and themes? Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Match up these characters with descriptions of what they are like… 1.Candy 2.Lennie 3.Slim 4.Crooks 5.George 6.Curley a)Small, sharp eyes, alert. b)Missing a hand, likes to talk. c)Educated, isolated, crippled. d)Big, strong, childlike. e)Mean, uncaring, a bully. f)Respected, mature, understanding. Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Match up these characters with descriptions of what they are like… Candy Lennie Slim Crooks George Curley Small, sharp eyes, alert. Missing a hand, likes to talk. Educated, isolated, crippled. Big, strong, childlike. Mean, uncaring, a bully. Respected, mature, understanding. Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Match the characters to the quote… 1.Curley’s wife 2.Lennie 3.Slim 4.George 5.Candy 6.Crooks a)‘I tell you what…’ b)‘They left all the weak ones here’ c)‘Why’d you have to go get killed?’ d)‘You ain’t got no right comin’ in my room’ e)‘He ain’t mean’ f)‘I think you got your hand caught in a machine’ Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Match the characters to the quote… Curley’s wife Lennie Slim George Candy Crooks ‘I tell you what…’ ‘They left all the weak ones here’ ‘Why’d you have to go get killed?’ ‘You ain’t got no right comin’ in my room’ ‘He ain’t mean’ ‘I think you got your hand caught in a machine’ Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Who said this? ‘I coulda been in the movies’ ‘Get ‘im Lennie!’ ‘They say I stink’ ‘I’ll shoot him in the guts’ ‘Ain’t a thing in my pocket’ ‘You hadda George’ Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

‘I coulda been in the movies’ Curley’s wife ‘Get ‘im Lennie!’ George ‘They say I stink’ Crooks ‘I’ll shoot him in the guts’ Curley ‘Ain’t a thing in my pocket’ Lennie ‘You hadda George’ Slim Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Match up the places with the descriptions… 1.The brush and lagoon away from the ranch 2.The bunkhouse 3.Crooks’ room 4.The brush and lagoon at the end a)‘a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905.’ b)‘Golden foothill slopes’ c)‘The beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically’ d)‘The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted’ Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

The brush and lagoon away from the ranch The bunkhouse Crooks’ room The brush and lagoon at the end ‘a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905.’ ‘Golden foothill slopes’ ‘The beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically’ ‘The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted’ Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Match up the character with the descriptive quote… 1.Lennie 2.George 3.Candy 4.Curley 5.Curley’s wife 6.Crooks a)‘a tall, stoop-shouldered old man’ b)‘lined with pain, the eyes patient’ c)‘the way a bear drags his paws’ d)‘restless eyes’ e)‘he wore a work glove on his left hand’ f)‘full rouged lips’ Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Match up the character with the descriptive quote… Lennie George Candy Curley Curley’s wife Crooks ‘a tall, stoop-shouldered old man’ ‘lined with pain, the eyes patient’ ‘the way a bear drags his paws’ ‘restless eyes’ ‘he wore a work glove on his left hand’ ‘full rouged lips’ Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Why are these characters lonely? George Lennie Candy Curley Crooks Curley’s wife Slim Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Why are these characters lonely? George - only company is Lennie, so even though he can talk to him it is not someone on his level or who can understand him. Lennie – is isolated from everyone because he is still very childlike, so gets left out of a lot of things. Candy – because he is getting old and cannot join in with the men any more, and work with them. Curley – he is not liked by the other men on the ranch and does not have a good relationship with his wife. Crooks – is black, not allowed into the bunkhouse, very badly treated by the other men. Curley’s wife – none of the men on the ranch dare talk to her, does not have a good relationship with her husband. Slim – is respected by all the men, but not really mates with them, being so well thought of and in charge could leave him isolated.

What are these characters’ dreams and why? Crooks Candy Lennie George Curley’s wife Rabbits Fame Equality Home Security Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

What are these characters’ dreams and why? Crooks Candy Lennie George Curley’s wife Rabbits Fame Equality Home Security Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Themes – Who? Why? Loneliness Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Themes – Who? Why? Dreams Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Themes – Who? Why? Inequality Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Themes – Who? Why? Friendship Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Themes – Who? Why? How? Power Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Themes – Who? Why? Loneliness The American Dream Fear of loneliness Dependence Racism Unfairness Inequality Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

Homework Of Mice and men - approaches to revision and exam prep Prioritise 1.Re-read the book and use revision sites like Bitesize a. Who are the key characters? Make character cards with key words to describe them linked with short, key quotes - learn them b. What are the key themes? Who can you link to each theme? Why? Create theme cards summarising and containing key quotes c. What do we learn about society? What do you know about context? Make revision notes on key points linked with American society in 1930s. Use the booklet I will provide and practise answering tin TIMED conditions Bronze: Identify what you do/don’t know and understand Silver: Analyse your strengths and prioritise your areas for development Gold: Create a revision plan

The pit. How far out have you moved? Do you know how to get further out? How far will you have moved in a week? C B A