Lesson Content

2. Monday 3rd
October

3. Today students will identify the effect
dialogue and action have on
characterization.
Lesson 1
OBJECTIVE

4. Lesson 1 - Activities
1. The Pianist - Memoir (5)
2. CAT Feedback (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: Review CAT performance

5. 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.

6. Tuesday 4th
October

7. Today students will analyse the use of
humour and hyperbole in personal
writing
Lesson 2
OBJECTIVE

8. Lesson 2 - Activities
1. Hyperbole videos and examples (5)
2. 1.45 – reading (key wording) – Individual (10)
3. Feedback / Discussion – Commentary plan (15)
4. Commentary writing - Individual (40)
5. Discussion of writing process (10)
HWK: Make notes p50-51

9. Wednesday 5th
October

10. Today students will identify persuasive
techniques within a theatre review
Lesson 3
OBJECTIVE

11. Lesson 3 - Activities
1. Persuasive techniques matching exercise (10)
2. Homework review (5)
3. Globe theatre vid and personal experience (10)
4. Reading and key wording - Individual (10)
5. Activity 1.47 – viewpoint – Pairs (15)
6. Group feedback (15)
7. Final CAT discussion (5)
HWK: Revise for CAT

13. Homework Checklist
Emotive language
Rhetorical questions
Irony/humour
Noun phrases
Hyperbole
Question tags
Specialist vocabulary

14. Thursday 29th September

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

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