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Monday's lessons FINAL WEEK

We will be focussing on some seminar style discussion of Handmiad's Tale so please ensure that you have brought your copy with you and of course making sure that you are up to date with the written preparation work I have already set. As I would like to look at this in class.

THIS WEEK

As you will have noticed, I have not been able to teach you this week or last Thursday and this is a shame but also an opportunity for you to get on with reading. It should be you goal to complete reading The Handmaid's Tale by the end of term - to be honest it should take you an evening or two to read. We will have a lesson on Monday of next week and in this we will review what you have achieved and look at the written work you have completed so far this term, so please ensure that you have your work with you - ALL OF IT. YOu should be up to date with all tasks set including those for lessons which you may have missed but for which there are presentations on the blog.

Monday 25th Lesson

HMT 21Jun

A2 Course Start

A2 Lang Lit Course Starter Homework: Read opening 3 chapters of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Consider the following questions in your reading and make notes.
Is there a contradiction inherent in the use of the title ‘aunt’?
What is the role of the ‘handmaid’?
Is the narrator speaking in the past or present and what does this suggest about the narrative?

THURSDAY 26th APRIL

A) Lady Bracknell: “I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.” Analyse the quotation (word and sentence level) and explain how humour is created. How does Wilde explore Victorian attitudes in through the character of Lady B. Write your answer on your blog in detail using PEE.


B) Write a speech which Lady Bracknell could have given a parents/teachers meeting at the school which Gwendolen attended . Ensure that you reflect her views and her language. WRITE ON THE BLOG