L.O:•To explore the main ideas in the novel and know how to approach exam questions.

Pride and Prejudice

 Assessment ObjectivesAO1Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretationsAO2Explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settingsAO4Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how texts have been influential and significant to self and other readers in different contexts and at different times

You have to answer two questions on the novel.Part (a) is based on a short extract and will be marked out of ten using AO1 and AO2.For part (b) OR part (c) you will have to write an essay on the novel. You will have a choice of two essay titles. Your essay will be marked out of twenty using AO1 and AO4. You will also receive a mark for SPAG (max of 4)You are NOT allowed to take copies of the text into the examination.You will have one hour to complete both of your answers on Pride and Prejudice (Don’t forget, this is just one section of a two-hour exam.)You should spend about 20 minutes on part (a) and about 40 minutes on part (b) OR part (c).

CHARACTERShttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_li

terature/proseprideprej/prideprej_charact.shtml

FAMILY TREES

THE PLOTWhat happens in the novel?YOU MUST know this as you will need to refer to different parts in your answers!Use your summaries –read the novel again

PridePrejudiceMarriageClass and statusEducation Family

THEMES

SYMBOLS

LettersBallsProperty

CONTEXT

Marriage and courtshipWomenFamilyThe Napoleonic WarSociety

THE EXAM2 questions

Q.1 EXTRACT question (10 marks = 20 minutes)

Q.2 WHOLE TEXT question (20 marks = 40 minutes)

EXTRACT QUESTION

THIS IS LITERATURE, that means you PEEL for the A/A* grades in the extract question.This exam is asking you to ANALYSE in DETAIL, referring to specific words and phrases and exploring the symbolic, literal and metaphorical meaning of things in the novel.

WHOLE TEXT QUESTIONQuestion 2 – Will always be a whole text question.You need to PLAN for this question.You need to talk about the WHOLE TEXT and IDEAS and try to QUOTE.LINK the ideas to the novel as a whole.DO NOT FORGET CONTEXT

WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO ANSWER.

Step 1 – READ THE QUESTION TWICEStep 2 – BRAINSTORM your ideas – what could you write about in response to the question.Step 3 – PUT your ideas in the order you will write about them and try to think of a short ‘quote’ to matchStep 4 – Write your opening sentence USING WORDS from the question.Step 5 – Use your PLAN to structure your answer, discussing the novel in DETAIL