Hi everyone,
Wednesday mornings will now be our computer room lesson, so this will give us a chance to do things like coursework research and type up any writing tasks.
Today we are going to be continuing with monologues, and I have 3 tasks for you to complete:
1. Finish watching 'A Bed Amongst The Lentils', and in pairs, annotate the script. Choose 3 of these points to focus on and make some notes, the rest you will do for homework and write up into a paragraph and post on your blogs:
- Read the opening stage directions. What key information do we learn about Susan?
- What does Susan?s language reveal about her age, social class and attitudes?
- Which techniques has Bennett employed to make this sound like spontaneous speech?
- Identify any moments of humour and explain what makes them funny.
- Identify any moments of pathos (sadness) and explain what is significant about them.
- How does Bennett hint or foreshadow future events in the narrative?
2. Read a monologue written by a previous student, and identify how the stylistic features of monologues we looked at the other day are being used in this piece. Annotate the piece in pairs. The Powerpoint was posted on my blog yesterday.
Link to exemplar piece
3. If you have finished both of these tasks, you may get started on your writing task for this week.
Write a monologue from Geoffrey's perspective. Try to recreate a sense of his character and voice.
Consider what he thinks of Susan's behaviour and whether he recognises her pain. Use a combination of the monologue stylistic conventions.
The first 2 tasks can be done in pairs, but this task must be done individually. This will need to be completed and posted to your blogs on Monday.
Any questions about today's work, come and see me!
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