LITERATURE WORK:

‘A Christmas Carol’ –

1. Create mindmaps of key characters and key quotations
2. Complete essay: How is the character of Scrooge presented in the novel ‘A Christmas Carol’? (you should write for 45 minutes – about 6 paragraphs)

‘An Inspector Calls’ –

1. Create mindmaps of key characters and key quotations
2. Complete essay: How does Priestley convey the theme of responsibility in ‘An Inspector Calls’? (You should write for 45 minutes – about 6 paragraphs)

Unseen poetry –

1. Analyse the poem on the back of this sheet and complete the essay question (you should write for 45 minutes – about 6 paragraphs)

   ‘Romeo and Juliet’ –

2. Revise the context of Elizabethan theatre and the plot of the play

Information for parents:

How can you best support your child?

• Time your child on essay writing – give them 45 minutes to answer the question.
• Purchase core text revision guides/copies of the texts
• Listen to them proof read their essay
• Listen to them talk through difficult concepts
• Ensure that they are revising at home and learning quotations from core texts
• Ensure that they are completing homework and drafting essays at home.

Unseen Poetry task:

How does the poet present his view of war in this poem?

Suicide in the Trenches by Siegfried Sassoon

I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.

In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.