Chapter 2 the bunkhouse and racism
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Chapter 2 L.O. To analyse how the language creates atmosphere To analyse how the language conveys the racial context
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Chapter 2L.O.To analyse how the language creates atmosphereTo analyse how the language conveys the racial context
AO1 Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail toillustrate and support interpretations.AO2 Explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas,themes and settings.AO4 Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how texts have beeninfluential and significant to self and other readers in different contexts and at different times.
StarterO Imagine you are George, explain how
you feel with the burden of looking after Lennie during the difficult Depression.
O Theme?
Chapter 2 – The Bunkhouse
1. Draw a plan of the bunkhouse from a birds eye view. Label your plan.
2. Pick out 5 quotations about the bunkhouse and explain what they tell you about it.
“the walls were whitewashed” – means it was bare and impersonal and would probably never feel like home.
Crooks – Stable BuckO Theme – Racial inequality.
1. Find 3 quotations that Candy uses about Crooks, the stable buck.
2. How does the language used by Candy demonstrate the relationship between white and black people during this time. (Use quote)
Plenary
1. What have you learnt about the bunkhouse?
2. What have you learnt about racism during this time?
