This document contains the daily lesson plans and activities for a class from Monday September 26th to Thursday September 29th. On Monday, students will review a past exam and work on exam technique. Tuesday's lesson will focus on creating focus in personal writing. Wednesday will cover how dialogue and action affect characterization. On Thursday, students will take a 1 hour exam to assess their progress.

2. Monday 26th
September

3. Today students will review CAT 1 to
assess performance and exam
technique.
Lesson 1
OBJECTIVE

4. Lesson 1 - Activities
1. Fails (5)
2. Analysis of exam question (5)
3. Figurative language table/hyperbole video (10)
4. Highlighting exam text (20)
5. Re-read sample response and analyse (15)
6. Plan new answer (20)
7. Discussion (5)
8. Are you smarter quiz (5)
HWK:1.38 Vocabulary (10 words – minimum)

6. Tuesday 27th
September

7. Today students will identify and use
key techniques in creating focus in
personal writing.
Lesson 2
OBJECTIVE

8. Lesson 2 - Activities
1. Memoirs of a Giesha (5)
2. Homework – Vocabulary charades (10)
3. Memoirs video – note-taking (10)
4. Activity 1.39 – text analysis – individual / feedback (10)
5. Activity 1.40 – pairs (10)
6. P45 – Note taking (5)
7. Personal writing – describe an event (fiction or non) -
individual (15)
8. Share (5)
HWK: Activity 1.42 – present tense, voice & inner thoughts

9. The Pianist
• Roman Polanski’s adaptation of this incredible memoir
about survival and the power of music, written
immediately after WWII and suppressed until 1999, is
among the best of his career. The film feels personal for
Polanski, of Jewish and Polish descent himself, and you can
see his emotional involvement in every detail. Not to
mention that Adrien Brody is absolutely phenomenal. In
2003, the film won Oscars for Best Director (Roman
Polanski), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood) and
Best Actor (Adrien Brody), and no one was surprised.

10. Wednesday 28st
September

11. Today students will identify the effect
dialogue and action have on
characterization.
Lesson 3
OBJECTIVE

12. Lesson 3 - Activities
1. The Pianist - Memoir (5)
2. Homework discussion (10)
3. 1.43.1 – pairs / feedback (10)
4. 1.43.2 – individual / feedback (15)
5. p47 – characterizing narrator – group (15)
6. Activity 1.44 – pairs (20)
7. Maximus video - new dialogue (5)
HWK: Finish 1.44 for tomorrow

13. Thursday 29th September

14. Today students will sit for a 1 hour CAT
exam
Lesson 4
OBJECTIVE

15. Lesson 4 - Activities
1. Discussion(5)
2. Revision / Review (20)
3. CAT Test 1 (60)
HWK: Revision