Year 8 will be studying poetry for term 2, 2008.

Students are studying a selection of poets from The Oxford Book of Children’s Poetry.The text is issued in class and students are completely responsible for the care of this book.

Assessments this term will be a personal poetry book (due TBA) and the half yearly exams (TBA).

Year 7 English are studying fiction in term 2, 2008.

The novel to be studied is Hitler’s Daughter by Jackie French.

There will be two assessments this term: the autobiography (due Wed, April 30) and the half yearly assessment (TBA).

Year 9 are continuing on with their non-fiction study.

The novel for study this term is Anna’s Story by Bronwyn Donaghy.

Assessments for this term will be a choice of creating at least one text type in response to the book (due TBA) and the half yearly exams.

Year 10 will be studying fiction for term 2, 2008.

The novel to be studied is John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.

Assessments this term are a response to the novel essay (due TBA) and the half yearly exams (TBA)

1. Connect to the study notes by clicking on the links.

2. What are the universal themes of Of Mice and Men?

3.What is George and Lennie’s dream? (Cliff’s notes “The Nature of Dreams”).

4. Why, do you think, is their dream almost central to the novel? (Think about the messages Steinbeck is sending).

5. What is the fundamental difference between Lennie’s and George’s dreams?

6. What does the dream of having your own place symbolise?

7. Which battles and sacrifices must be fought to obtain the dream?

8. What are the internal and external threats to the dream? (Draw a table with two columns to complete)

9. How is Lennie’s involvement with the dream treated as ironic by the reader?

10. Explain how loneliness is presented throughout most of the novel. (Cliff’s Notes p 2)