AS Lang Lit - work in my absence

Hi everyone,

I have gone home sick today and so it is unlikely that I will be in college tomorrow (Wednesday).

In my absence, please complete the following task. You should be able to get through this task in the time that you have tomorrow, and then we will continue with an extension on Monday. I am not feeling better by Thursday I will be absent again, if so I will post a poetry related task.

Please read pages 33-34 of The History Boys - this scene features a conversation between Rudge and Mrs. Lintott. This is a particularly interesting scene for 2 reasons:

1. This is the most we have seen Rudge in conversation so far, and the first time we have seen him speak outside of the classroom
2. This is the only time we see Mrs. Lintott in conversation with one of the boys one-to-one.

Here they are discussing Irwin's teaching style, using interesting language features to vaguely and gradually reveal their thoughts on him, but they never directly state their opinion. This leaves the audience to read between the lines - the scene relies heavily on subtext.

First of all, read the scene and make notes on anything that you think is interesting or worth mentioning. Next, as we did with Irwin's lesson, fill in the following language analysis grid. There are different features this time, and there is less information to help you. Follow the instructions and fill in the grid:

Linguistic Techniques

This should be enough work for one lesson, so work your way through these tasks. It would be a good idea to print the worksheet and handwrite it.

I will hopefully see you all on Thursday. I also did not collect your History Boys essays in on Monday, so could you have these ready for collection by Thursday. Also, please read the poem 'My Dear and Loving Husband' and make some notes for our poetry lesson on Thursday.

Thank you, enjoy!

Claudia