AS ENGLISH LIT - HOMEWORK TASKS

AS ENGLISH LITERATURE

HOMEWORK – TASKS AND DATES

SET DATE	HOMEWORK	DUE DATE
14 November	Spend 20 – 30 minutes researching England in the 19th century. Choose one of the following topics. Make notes to share in class on either the Industrial Revolution, the church, the role of women, social class, education or children.	15 November
	First draft of the 1000 word essay	23 November
14 November	Write three paragraphs on the presentation of Alan from Equus. Use a range of quotations to comment on from stage directions, what Alan says and what other people say about him. Use the paragraph template already discussed as a structure for this work.	26 November
14 November	Write three paragraphs on the presentation of Dysart from Equus. Use a range of quotations to comment on from stage directions, what Dysart says and what other people say about him – ‘nosey parker’? Use the paragraph template already discussed as a structure for this work.	3 December
14 November	Write a table that gives an overview of the play Equus. Divide your page into 5 columns. The first column will be the scene number, the second – scene headlines, the third – a quotation that supports the headline[s] you’ve written, fourth – reference the quote [page number and scene number will do], finally – Alan/Dysart here you can comment on their relationship, comment on Alan or Dysart’s state of mind, significant developments or changes in them. If you have relevant quotations include them as well.	10 December
	Ongoing – You need to continue reading Jane Eyre. We will start our study of this immediately after Christmas but may begin before Christmas. I will publish lesson plans for this novel on the blog shortly. Ongoing – I expect you have read Spies by Michael Frayn. We will begin studying this in a week. Remember – you are reading these texts as a student not a consumer. That means you have a pencil in your hand and are noting the main event that takes place on each page. Note down the headline or title for each chapter. Underline important quotations. Note down key events and main characteristics of key characters in the margins. Look out for important themes and writing techniques that stand out.

TEMPLATE FOR EQUUS TABLE

There should be 35 rows – one for each scene

SC	SCENE HEADLINES	KEY QUOTATIONS	REF	DYSART/ALAN

I expect there will be 35 rows, each one representing  scene. I expect this work will be more than two pages long.