Mr Jerome Is Afraid Today’s Lesson Objective: To use skills of inference and deduction to analyse an author’s clues.

Writing About Literature: Any exam question on “The Woman In Black” will test your ability to:

Writing About Literature: So, as we read today, we will develop our ability to:

To do this: We will read the text in sections. At the end of every section, there will be three questions for your table to answer. Each person on the table will be numbered 1, 2 0r 3 and you will attempt the question that relates to your number. As a table, you may choose who will address each question; I will give your table 1 minute every time to do this! You will then be given NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES to prepare your feedback.

The questions are of varying difficulty! The questions will relate to Our Assessment Focus’ and they will be differentiated: Type 1 – Selecting and retrieving Quotes (AO1) Type 2 – Language analysis (AO2) Type 3 – Structural features (AO2)

1 - selecting and retrieving Quotes (AO1) These questions will ask you a question about themes /character and your job will be to locate quotes that support your answer. i.e: What does the woman in Black look like? Pg.48 – “dressed in deepest black”; “a bonnet type hat covered and shaded her face”

2 – Language analysis (AO2) These questions will ask you for your impressions and you will need to pick out key words and explain them. i.e: How does Hill make the mist sound threatening in Chapter 6? Hill describes the mist as “like a damp, clinging cobwebby thing”. The word “clinging” makes me feel that it is hanging onto him, grabbing at him and won’t let go. The fact that it is described as “cobwebby” reminds me of flies being trapped in webs and this echoes the idea of him feeling trapped.

3 – Structural features (AO2) These questions ask you to identify the writers techniques and analyse their impact. These are the most difficult types of questions. i.e How does Hill build tension in this chapter? Hill uses a great deal of description to help us to understand Arthur’s feelings. For example, her use of a metaphor when she writes “that walk back was a nightmare” helps us to envisage just how difficult it was as nightmares are unpleasant occurrences and so was his walk.

At the end of the lesson: You’ll be asked to use everything that you have learnt and heard today to answer a question in your book that I can mark – The answer to this will show me what you have learnt.

Reading: pg 100-102 “Mr Jerome is Afraid”

Number yourselves 1,2 and 3 Type 1 – Selecting and retrieving Quotes (AO1) Type 2 – Language analysis (AO2) Type 3 – Structural features (AO2) How is Arthur feeling in this extract? What is Arthur’s impression of the Woman in Black? (Refer to the bottom of page 101 and beginning of page 102) What effect does the ellipsis have in this line: “Oh I had rather that than you spend an…an uncomfortable night anywhere else.”

Reading: pg 103-105 “Mr Jerome is Afraid”

Number yourselves 1,2 and 3 Type 1 – Selecting and retrieving Quotes (AO1) Type 2 – Language analysis (AO2) Type 3 – Structural features (AO2) How is Arthur feeling in this extract? How does Mr Jerome feel when Arthur arrives? In this extract, there is some repetition of key words and phrases from other chapters – why do you think Hill chooses to do this? i.e “clinging cobwebs” and “But there was no-one. The place was silent.”

Reading: pg 106-109 “Mr Jerome is Afraid”

Number yourselves 1,2 and 3 Type 1 – Selecting and retrieving Quotes (AO1) Type 2 – Language analysis (AO2) Type 3 – Structural features (AO2) What does Arthur admit in this extract? What clues are there that Mr Jerome knows more than he is telling Arthur? Why does Hill choose to use questions during the middle of page 109?

Exam style answer about: Mr Jerome Is Afraid Type 1 – Selecting and retrieving Quotes (AO1) Type 2 – Language analysis (AO2) Type 3 – Structural features (AO2) Today’s Lesson Objective: To use skills of inference and deduction to analyse an author’s clues. Question: Explain how Susan Hill reveals Mr Jerome’s feelings in Chapter 7. Use the skills you have learnt over the last two lessons to help you structure your response.