1. SUSIE Objective: to explore the character of Susie Key terms: lexical field

2. Susie as an innocent As a 1970s suburban teenager, Susie is fairly naïve when compared with teenagers today. Indeed, even the shortened name Susie is childish and connotes a certain sweetness. Question: look back at the extract in your handbook. How is her innocence conveyed? NOT SRLY

3. Susie Salmon Now, using your annotated extracts/notes from last week, together with other information you’ve gleaned about Susie, begin to complete the ‘Susie’ mindmap in your booklets.

4. Starter A lexical field is a linguistic term used to describe a set of related words. e.g. a lexical field relating to the classroom might include words such as ‘pen, computer, paper, students’ Activity: List a lexical field of words related to an out of control party.

5. Heaven Read the descriptions of Susie’s heaven on pages 16- 19 and 40. How is Susie’s heaven described? Do you notice any particular lexical fields? Will Susie always be happy in such a heaven?

6. Susie’s Love Interest Re-read page 73-5 and list five adjectives to describe the budding romance between Susie and Ray. Now list 5 of the following from these pages: - Proper nouns - Concrete nouns Aiming for an A? list three abstract nouns to describe Susie’s feelings for Ray.

7. Susie’s Character What do we learn about Susie’s character from her descriptions of Ray Singh? Add to the mindmap in your booklet.

8. Representations of Speech How does Sebold use representations of speech and other literary techniques to portray Susie’s feelings about her afterlife on pages 19-20