Look at the below extract from the book:

1. Starter: Identifying perceptive points- it’s all about selecting the key word!. Look at the below extract from the book: Which word encompasses the Capitalist greed of this society? Discuss with people as they arrive. “Where are you going for the week-end?” “Hetton.” “Who’s that? I forget?” “Tony Last.” By asking who Hetton is, Mrs. Beaver shows that property is more than just a building in this society. It shows that it is a major part of your identity and represents who you are. As we can see here- Tony is metaphorically referred to as Hetton.

2. Britain during, and after, World War One. How can we link the novel to this key contextual moment?

3. Learning Objectives All: Develop our understanding of World War One and its effects on Britain. Most: Identify similarities between World War one and its effects on Britain to key moments in the novel. Some: Make detailed analytical links between World War One and its effects on Britain to key moments in the novel.

4. Starter: Previous knowledge Task: Make a mind map(s), using what you know so far, of all the key events and features of World War One. Try to choose events/features you can link to the novel. Extend yourself by: Branching out from each event/feature an area/character/event from the novel it can be linked to. Use this to help! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWkjqySJu3w

5. Mrs Beaver employs and exploits women desperate for work. Brenda tries to get a job when Beaver leaves for America. WORLD WAR ONE Women worked factory/labour jobs left by men. Mrs Rattery loves getting her hands dirty doing labour jobs.

6. World War One and its effects. As we read this article, underline and labelany areas which you can compare to the novel’s events/characters. Ensure you follow along- there are many new contextual points that will help improve your A03 mark! Extend yourself by: finding a quotation to compare this to!

7. Linking context to the novel. “Jobs in the civil service, factories, docklands and arsenals, tramways, Post Office and farms were feminised.” How does this link to the novel? Finish the sentence below! ‘This links to the novel through…’ Extend yourself by: finding a quotation to compare this to!

8. Linking context to the novel. “Children woke to find that their fathers had left for distant battlefields while they slept.” How does this link to the novel? Finish the sentence below! ‘This links to the novel through…’ Extend yourself by: finding a quotation to compare this to!

9. Linking context to the novel. “Suspicion of outsiders was high.” How does this link to the novel? Finish the sentence below! ‘This links to the novel through…’ Extend yourself by: finding a quotation to compare this to!

10. Linking context to the novel. “Heterosexual passions were also said to have been kindled by wartime excitements.” How does this link to the novel? Finish the sentence below! ‘This links to the novel through…’ Extend yourself by: finding a quotation to compare this to!

11. Linking context to the novel. “Imperialized (colonized) countries like India and Nigeria notes Britain’s new weak state… Some countries took advantage of this.” How does this link to the novel? Finish the sentence below! ‘This links to the novel through…’ Extend yourself by: finding a quotation to compare this to!

12. Analysis of novel’s context. “The First World War was a class war. It is generally believed that the aristocrats let down the working classes.” How does this link to the novel? Finish the sentence below! ‘This links to the novel through…’ Extend yourself by: finding a quotation to compare this to!

13. Try now to talk about narrative structure too- A grade stuff! The First World War was a class war. It is generally believed that the aristocrats let down the working classes. Evelyn Waugh uses an unfeeling omniscient narrator to show the decline of the aristocracy, through mistrust and betrayal, and the creation of the middle classes.

14. Analysis of novel’s context. World War One brought many changes. Faith in religion declined, and the belief that scientific development would bring positive benefits was difficult to sustain after the carnage of warfare. How does this link to the novel? Finish the sentence below! ‘This links to the novel through…’ Extend yourself by: finding a quotation to compare this to!

15. Try now to talk about minor characters- A grade stuff! World War One brought many changes. Faith in religion declined, and the belief that scientific development would bring positive benefits was difficult to sustain after the carnage of warfare. Tony enjoys his visits to church on Sundays. He does not notice that the Reverend Tendril’s sermon has been preached time and time again and remembers “our Gracious Queen Empress” (P. 32). Like Tony, the reverend is living in the past.

16. Analysis of novel’s context. “Imperialized (colonized) countries like India and Nigeria note Britain’s new weak state… Some countries took advantage of this.” How does this link to the novel? Finish the sentence below! ‘This links to the novel through…’ Extend yourself by: finding a quotation to compare this to!

17. Mock exam • Complete the mock exam on your extract. Do this in silence- I will be taking these in and giving you feedback after Easter. • This is the best way to practice!

18. Mock exam • Complete the mock exam on your extract. Circle the key word from the question- use this word at least 6 times in your work. Annotate thoroughly, mention terminology and how it links to question/context. Pick out 2-3 quotations that you can link to the question and the context. Write 2-3 paragraphs on this. Pick out 2 quotations from passage B that you can compare to the extract and link to the question. Write 2 paragraphs on this.

19. 5-5-1 Deluxe! Now reduce that to 5 key words… Write 5 short quotations (core: article, extend: novel) summarising today’s topic/ reading… And finally to one word….