Tomorrow morning (Sunday) I will be reading your editorials for feedback on Monday. Then I will be compiling a list of all boys who have not yet sumbitted a single essay on The Scarecrow. The next step is to ring the parents of those students, then put them in Wednesday homework club with Mr McDowall. Two essays should have been completed by now.
In a perfect world, we could actually make a collaborative effort to help each other. I've written one excellence essay and published it for you. If you all wrote an essay which would achieve, we could post them to inspire ourselves!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Wednesday's Work
Greetings boys.
While I am at the athletics, you've got plenty to go on with. I'm expecting PARAGRAPH responses, so that we can build on these to craft our first essay.
Character
1. The Scarecrow is seen as a mysterious entertainer, a sexual threat, an absurd failure and an evil monster. Find quotes to back up each of these descriptions.
Setting
2. How does the author make credible that such events could happen in this kind of town?
3. Some have argued that Klynham can itself be seen as a character. Explain what you think is meant by this. In what ways can Klynham be seen to function as a character within the text?
Plot
4. Where do the trivial and diabolical plot lines come together?
5. How is suspense used effectively?
6. How are events finally resolved? Do you find the ending satisfactory?
7. How does RHM turn the funeral procession into a comic event?
8. The text has been described as a 'gothic melodrama.' Use the internet to find out what this term means then write a paragraph explaining whether or not you agree with this description.
While I am at the athletics, you've got plenty to go on with. I'm expecting PARAGRAPH responses, so that we can build on these to craft our first essay.
Character
1. The Scarecrow is seen as a mysterious entertainer, a sexual threat, an absurd failure and an evil monster. Find quotes to back up each of these descriptions.
Setting
2. How does the author make credible that such events could happen in this kind of town?
3. Some have argued that Klynham can itself be seen as a character. Explain what you think is meant by this. In what ways can Klynham be seen to function as a character within the text?
Plot
4. Where do the trivial and diabolical plot lines come together?
5. How is suspense used effectively?
6. How are events finally resolved? Do you find the ending satisfactory?
7. How does RHM turn the funeral procession into a comic event?
8. The text has been described as a 'gothic melodrama.' Use the internet to find out what this term means then write a paragraph explaining whether or not you agree with this description.
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