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English homework Write essay plans (detailed notes, with supporting quotations) for the following two questions. These essay plans are for your revision notes so make them as good as you can! 1.       Hopes and dreams help people to survive, even if they can never become real. How true is this for characters in Of Mice and Men ? 2.       How does Steinbeck create a sense of insecurity in the novel? You should write about: ·    Why some characters may feel insecure ·    Uses of language ·    The contribution of the settings ·    Other features which create a sense of insecurity. Due Tuesday: 17 th November You can check what your homework is online and also find useful revision notes: http://englishigcsehome.blogspot.co.uk/

Key ideas to weave into your essays: *The Title and the Importance of the Dream - Steinbeck's  first idea for a title  for Of Mice and Men was "Something That Happened".  He didn't go with it in the end, but it gives us an insight into how he felt about this story.  - That the death of Lennie could be referred to as just "something that happened" speaks volumes about the brokenness and loneliness of American society at the time. - It could be seen as highlighting an outrage that the tragic events at the climax of the novel go by pretty much unnoticed by the wider world  and  unrecognised or understood even by the other members of the ranch 'Now what they hell ya suppose is eatin them two guys?'  asks Carlson as Slim takes George off at the end of the novel.  It is shocking that Carlson would even ask that question. Carlson and Curley don't understand why George and Slim would be shaken by the death of a huge idiot like Le...

This is advice from the examiners after the May 2015 Paper 2 exam - so hot off the press!  Question 1: ● ensure that you adopt the correct voice by reading the question carefully  ● think carefully about audience and purpose  ● answer all parts of the question, covering each of the three bullet points in reasonable detail  ● answer in your own words and adapt material from the passage to make it an appropriate response written in the required style  ● plan your answer to ensure that the material is sequenced logically and to avoid repetition  ● select the most appropriate ideas from the passage  ● develop and modify some of the ideas relevantly  ● use relevant details from the passage to demonstrate close reading Question 2  ● focus on the question carefully to ensure that all your choices are relevant  ● re-read the whole paragraph before making selections; choose the best and not those which happen to come first  ...

Remember this is our general essay structure: Paragraph 1: Introduction 1.   Quotation 2.   Overview statement outlining importance of this idea in the text as a whole…. 3.   Link to Context and how this theme/idea/character/relationship is important in the text as a whole. Paragraph 2: Meaty example from the text #1 An episode that shows a complex picture of this theme/idea/character relationship. 2. Detailed analysis of how Steinbeck’s literary and language techniques in this episode impact the reader. 3. Link to Context and how this further impacts the reader. Paragraph 3: Meaty example from the text #2 1. A 2nd episode that shows a complex picture of this theme/idea/character relationship. 2. Detailed analysis of how Steinbeck’s literary and language techniques in this episode impact the reader. 3. Link to Context and how this further impacts the reader. Paragraph 4: Meaty example from the text #3 1. A 3 rd  episode/ that shows a...