Year 11 Easter Holiday Work 2011 - Week 3

Monday 26th
30 mins - Look at the questions on the IGCSE website about "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "Signalman". Re-read these 2 stories, making notes on how you would answer these questions if faced with them in an exam.

Tuesday 27th
50 mins - Write a full practice essay to the following question:
"Biff is destroyed by Willy's illusions"  - to what extent do you agree with this statement?
OR
50 mins 'Journey's End' - Write a full practice essay to the following question:
'What do you think makes Raleigh such a dramatic character in the play?' Support your answer with detailed references from the text.
(This has not come up yet in any paper)

Wednesday 28th 
45 mins - Complete the following extract question (* remember): Re-read from the top of page 102 in "Death of A Salesman" to the end of page 105. How does Miller make this such a powerful section of the play?
OR
'Journey's End'
45 mins -  Do the following (*) question:
Re-read from the middle of page 88 (Stanhope: I thought I told you to come down to dinner at eight o'clock) to the end of the scene on page 91. Explore the ways the writer creates rising tension in this extract.

Thursday 29th
30 mins - Read through all the key quotes you have put together on the leading characters in "Death of A Salesman" and check you have a good range of evidence to support an essay on any one of these characters.
OR
'Journey's End'
Make sure you have all the detail from your notes on the key characters in the play'
You will find an exhaustive list of characters  in 'Journey's End' as well as themes on the other site (the yellow one)

Friday 30th 
60 mins - Read through all the notes and ideas given for each poem on the IGCSE website.

Saturday 31st
A day off!

Sunday 1st May
Another day off!

Monday 2nd May
Go through all the Language information, advice and past papers available on the IGCSE website, so you feel familiar with and confident about any task you might be asked to do.