Thursday's lesson

Review the author centred approach in the PowerPoint on Blackboard about the four approaches to reading. Do some research on your author and make notes. As you read, see if you can see any links between the author’s life and the work you are reading. We will come back to this next term so keep your notes safe. Go on reading if you have time.

Wednesday's lesson

Review the PowerPoint on Blackboard about traditional ways to analyse a novel. Set up a section of your notebook or a folder on your laptop/iPad with headings for each of the things you might want to make notes on - structure, narration etc. Go on reading your novel but stop with ten minutes to go in the lesson and make some notes. Characterisation is usually important early in a text so this might be a good place to start.

Monday's lesson

Re-write a section of the story “The Speckled Band” from Sherlock Holmes’ point of view as discussed in our last lesson. Post to your blog. Continue reading your novel, being aware of whether it is first or third person narration and the impact of this for the reader. Make some notes in your book about this so that you can discuss it with the class.