4B3 Turning point task FOR TUESDAY

Task: At the end of part 2, quite a few things have changed. Use your notes to complete the following for homework.

Note- A turning point is a place in a narrative (story) where a key change occurs.

Question: Why is this scene a turning point?

Write a minimum of 3 PCQEL paragraphs to answer the above question. 

• Start with explaining what the plot and the relationships between the characters were like at the start of the play. Think about the way the characters were with each other, their concerns and worries- and how they felt about the cousins’ arrival. 
• Then look at what has happened to the plot and these relationships at the end of this scene. How do the characters now feel? Use quotations and explanations to back up your view.

Higher: 'Originally' stanza 2 questions FOR MONDAY

Attempt the following questions, trying to use the just as so structure where appropriate (to analyse imagery!):

1.Identify the technique used in ‘All childhood is emigration’ and comment on the image created by it.
2.Talking about childhood, Duffy states: ‘Some are slow,/leaving you standing, resigned, up an avenue/where no one you know stays.’ What do you think she means by this?
3.Comment on the word-choice of ‘resigned’.
4.Why is the imagery of ‘Corners, which seem familiar,/leading to unimagined, pebble-dashed estates’ effective in describing both growing up and moving house?
5.Comment on the word-choice of ‘unimagined’: what effect does this word have?
6.Identify the technique used in ‘My parents' anxiety stirred like a loose tooth in my head’ and comment on the image created by it.
7.‘I want our own country ’ Why does Duffy use the word ’our’ instead of ‘my’? What effect does this have?
8.Comment on the use of short sentences in this stanza. Pick one that you find particularly effective and state why.
9.What is this stanza about? How does it differ from stanza one?

HIGHER- MONDAY!!!

Please note that as folio lessons are finished, Monday will be an additional poetry lesson until we are finished poetry and then revision rotation with 'Gatsby' will begin!

'A View From The Bridge' 'The Cousins arrive!' Questions and 'Paperdoll' symbolism task.

The Cousins arrive! p 16 – 22 ( yellow), p. 26-34 (silver)- finish for homework over hols- you will need to get yourself a copy of the play to do this!


1.  How does the family greet the brothers? P26-27
2. What differences are noticeable between Rodolpho and Marco? Evidence?p27-29
3. How does Eddie show his opinion of Rodolpho? Evidence?p29
4. What are Marcos ambitions? p30
5. What are Rodolpho’s ambitions? p 30
6. How do Catherine and Rodolpho show their developing attitudes to one another? Evidence?  p32
7. How does Eddie react to Rodolpho’s singing? P32-33
8. What is Marco’s response? p33
9. [Embarrassed, now angered, Catherine goes into the bedroom] Explain Catherine’s response? p33
10. Alfieri states ‘Now as the weeks passed, there is a trouble that would not go away’ What trouble could that be? What tension can you sense developing between which characters? Site instances where this is shown? p34

'Paperdoll song' symbolism

Read the lyrics to the 'Paperdoll' song that Rodolpho sings in this section of the play and answer the following:
1. What is the song about?
2. What situation (between our characters) does the song seem to be symbolic of? Fully explain the symbolism (HINT- who is trying to treat who like his very own 'doll'?).

S4 'Gap Year' Questions homework! FOR WED 22nd FEB

1.Look at stanza 1. What feelings does Kay have as she awaits her son’s birth? (3)

2.Name the language techniques used in the following phrases: “tight tub of a stomach”; “turning, burping, awake, asleep”; and say how effective these expressions are in describing the expectant mother’s experience. (5)  Fully analyse to prove your answer.

3.What does the phrase “close stranger” and the word “tumshie” tell us about the poet’s feelings about her unborn child? (5)  Fully analyse.

4.How does the poet link the two sections of the poem? Two examples please. Use maps. (4) Quote and explain.

5.What is the poet’s reaction to the grandfather’s blunt advice? Evidence and analysis . (3)

6.How does she react to the news that Matthew will be returning four weeks later than expected? Evidence and analysis. (3)

7.The last two stanzas signal a further mood change. Explain the change and comment on the effectiveness of the language the poet uses to convey her feelings. (5)

8.Comment on the poet’s language in the phrase “a flip and a skip ago”. What is she trying to emphasise? (Assonance!) (2)