CAT Question

• ‘Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world.’ How far does Steinbeck’s presentation of the relationship between George and Lennie challenge this idea?

• Read through your initial thoughts of your plan to remind yourself of your ideas...

Objectives

By the end of today’s lesson you will be able to:

•Answer your CAT question about the themes in the novella Of Mice and Men.

Controlled Assessment

To achieve an A/A*, I need to:• Explore and evaluate a range of

language techniques and structural devices

• Analyse the writer’s perspective• Use precise quotations to enhance my

work• Understand how the social, cultural and

historic context is woven into the text

Controlled Assessment

To achieve an B,I need to:• Interpret a range of language

techniques and structural devices• Identify the writer’s perspective• Use apt quotations to illuminate

meaning• Demonstrate the impact of the social,

cultural and historic context on the text

Controlled Assessment

To achieve an C,I need to:• Show a clear understanding of how

meaning is conveyed looking at the writer’s techniques

• Identify the writer’s perspective• Use well selected quotations to

enhance analysis• Demonstrate the significance of the

social, cultural and historic context on the text

Target Setting

• Come up with three targets that you want to achieve.

• Explain how you are going to achieve them... What do you need to do?!

HOMEWORK

• Complete the planning grid and any other planning you need to do.

• Remember that this PowerPoint is on the VLE (Year 10 – Of Mice and Men – click on Of Mice and Men lessons – enrolment key: Lennie)

CAT Question

• Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world.’ How far does Steinbeck’s presentation of the relationship between George and Lennie challenge this idea?

• Write about:– the friendship George and Lennie have– why this friendship is unusual– the dreams the characters have– the effects of these dreams on the characters’

sense of loneliness– how Steinbeck presents ranch life

Loneliness

• How does language show the inerrant workers are lonely?

• Candy’s Dog episode• The magazine article and their

reaction• Silence• Names of places and things

Add these (plus a precise quotation to your plan)

Friendship

• How does Steinbeck present George and Lennie’s friendship?

• Unusual• Very close• Constantly developing• They need each other

Add these (plus a precise quotation to your plan)

American Dream

• How does the American Dream help develop your argument?

• Sense of isolation when the Dream is lost

• The characters (eg Curley’s wife) who are loneliest have had their Dream shattered

• ‘Outsiders’ having the Dream

Add these (plus a precise quotation to your plan)

Quotations

• Find quotations for all the points you’ve made so far today...

Planning Grid

• Use the planning grid to come up with a structure for your essay...

• You should show how George and Lennie are or are not lonely in the novella.

• Ensure you include topic sentences and linking sentences...

To end the lesson

• Share your plan with a partner:• What is good about it? • What could be added as part of

homework?

• Remember: the more precise your plan, the easier you CAT will be...