Things to do to bring to the reading group!
Create an events/timeline as you read the book.
Imagine you are writing a letter to a member of your family who is getting married. You are invited to the wedding. You really don't like their choice of partner - perhaps you feel they are not good enough to be in your family! - but you can't say this out loud. Write a letter saying you accept the invitation, and perhaps showing how you truly feel about their chosen partner.
Examine the character of Elizabeth through the book, particularly her attitude towards men. How does she change her opinions, and how does she stay the same?
Marriage is a central theme in this book. Collect a selection of references made about this subject from the book. What do you think is the writer's attitude towards marriage?
Choose a passage from the book which includes dialogue. Explore how the writer uses the features of conversation to reveal feelings and emotions.
Explore how other language techniques - such as repetition, punctuation or italic font - are used for impact.
What would you say are the roles of women in this novel?
Revise the book with BBC Bitesize Revision.
Thursday 26 September 2013
Thursday 5 September 2013
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Choose your favourite extract from the book. Answer the following three questions in writing. Write down as many ideas as you can.
If you like to time yourself, you could give yourself 15 or 20 minutes for each question.
1. For the extract you have chosen, what can you discover about the characters?
What language does the author use to show you the character, hint at their life, choices, habits, or personality? If you have chosen an extract in which there are two or more characters, you could write about how you understand the relationship between them.
2. In the extract, do you have a strong feeling of place?
Find the words and phrases used by the writer to tell you about this place; the setting of the events. Is there a mood or an atmosphere connected here? How does the writer create or convey this?
3.What is happening in the plot at this point?
How does the writer convey themes of tension, or danger, maybe violence, or the supernatural?
If you like to time yourself, you could give yourself 15 or 20 minutes for each question.
1. For the extract you have chosen, what can you discover about the characters?
What language does the author use to show you the character, hint at their life, choices, habits, or personality? If you have chosen an extract in which there are two or more characters, you could write about how you understand the relationship between them.
2. In the extract, do you have a strong feeling of place?
Find the words and phrases used by the writer to tell you about this place; the setting of the events. Is there a mood or an atmosphere connected here? How does the writer create or convey this?
3.What is happening in the plot at this point?
How does the writer convey themes of tension, or danger, maybe violence, or the supernatural?
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