Great Expectations Scheme of Learning Summary
Exploring key themes and character arcs in Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" through a structured learning scheme over six weeks. The scheme covers comprehension, characterisation, historical context, and culminates in a final comparative essay on character arcs. Students delve into the enigmas of Miss Havisham, Pip's evolving character, and the narrative revelations that shape the story.
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<< Y9 GREAT EXPECTATIONS SCHEME OF LEARNING >> Week 1 >> Comprehension Chapter 1-10 Narrative, characterisation, enigmas and catalysts, historical context, writer s motive Week 2 >> Visits to Satis House Chapter 8, 11,-13, 29, (38), 44, 49 Unrequited love for Estella The enigma and catalyst that is Miss Havisham jealousy games (8, 38) The love rival: Drummle Week 3 >> Pip s character arc Joe (Chapter 2, 22, 27), Village (Chapter 1-7, 19) Has the catalyst of money changed his character? What role does gentility have on Pip s attitudes and expectations? Has opportunity changed Pip s attitudes towards others? Character focus: Pip, Joe, Biddy Week 4 >> Narrative revelations Abel Magwitch is Pip s benefactor (39, 42) Estella is Magwitch s child (50) Pip and Estella s finally requited love (59) Week 5 >> Final assignment: comparative essay on character arcs Week 6 >> Speaking and listening prep
Week 1 // Comprehension Test 1. Where does Pip confront a stranger and what is his full name? A: In a graveyard. Later, the convict s name is revealed as Abel Magwitch. 2. What does it mean in Chapter 1 when Mrs Joe Gargery talks about bringing up Pip by hand and what is the name that Joe gives to Pip getting the stick? A: Mrs Joe Gargery means that (as Pip s older sister and guardian) she brought Pip up on little means. The name of the corporal punishment he is given is nicknamed the tickler . 3. Why is Pip struck with guilt? What specifically did he do to upset his conscience? A: Pip was struck with guilt when he stole the pie from the Gargery s for Magwitch to eat. The thought of his secret upset his conscience as he continued to lie in order to protect himself from trouble. 4. How does Pumblechook bully Pip en route to Miss Havisham s? A: He gives Pip impossible arithmetic to work out unless one had pen and paper to work out the sums. He did this to belittle Pip s intellect and prove his superiority. 5. What is the name of Miss Havisham s house and what is the name of the young girl that also lives there? A: Satis House. The young girl s name is Estella, who Is also an orphan. 6. In chapter 8, find quotations that effectively describe Miss. Havisham s appearance. A: Your own research is required here. 7. In chapter 11, on Miss Havisham s birthday, what does Pip learn about her past and who is present paying their respects despite greedy intentions? A: Pip learns that she was jilted on her wedding day and has yet to destroy the wedding cake or wedding dress, allowing cobwebs to insulate her bitter memories. Miss Havisham s watch expectantly out of greed of hoping to acquire Satis House on Miss Havisham s death. 8. In the same chapter, what does a young boy at this house do when he confronts Pip and what are the outcomes of this encounter? A: A young boy challenges Pip to a fight and loses significantly. Estella is impressed by Pip s strength and gives him a brief kiss while Pip later meets the boy when older (as a future housemate) and is known as Herbert Pocket. 9. How would you describe the atmosphere of the novel so far? A: Brooding, intense, gothic, bleak yet underscored by rays of hope and prospects: like a light at the end of the tunnel. Things have to get worse before they get better. 10. What motives did Charles Dickens have beyond simply telling a fascinating narrative with Great Expectations? Consider themes, political viewpoints and how characters were portrayed in the story and for what purpose. A: Dickens wanted to be a voice for the poor, oppressed, lonely and marginalised. He is fond of telling the misunderstood story of the ultimate outcast: the orphan. You could argue that Great Expectations is semi-autobiographical while David Copperfield reflects Dickens own experiences the most. Nowadays, you could consider Dickens a socialist. A man keen to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor, fighting against prejudice based on culture and class. Dickens acted as an articulate voice of the people, using the art of story to give political force to those that were unfortunate.
What do we know about Satis House? Week 2 // Chapters 8, 11-13, 29, 38, 44, 49 A place full of secrets and hidden motives A scary and unsettling place The conflicted friendship between Pip and Estella Context for most of the story s conflicts, complexities and dramatic intrigues Gothic, stately and unaccommodating Miss Havisham s jealousy games between Pip, Estella and Drummle Havisham s greedy relatives Vicariously living through youth The enigma and catalyst that is Miss. Havisham Miss Havisham s tragic estrangement at the altar Enigmas yet to be revealed about benefactors and relatives The orphan upbringing of both Pip and Estella Bitterness and regret has led to her unable to move on
Graveyard The Gargery house The marsh landscape Satis House Innercity London Newgate Pirrip Pip Miss Havisham Estella Abel Magwitch Mr Joe Gargery Mrs Joe Gargery Herbert Pocket Pumblechook Wopsle Jaggers Drummle Wemmick Compeyson Matthew Pocket Orlick Biddy Clara SETTINGS CHARACTERS NARRATIVE THEMES WEEK 3 Education literacy Class and gentility benefactors and money Respectability and crime Authority and discipline Unresolved conflicts guilt, jealousy, bitterness, regret, unrequited love Great Expectations Bildungsroman and picaresque novel PIP and: Estella Miss Havisham Magwitch Joe Gargery Herbert Pocket Drummle Pumblechook Biddy LITERARY JARGON CHARACTER DYNAMICS SYMBOLISM Chains on Magwitch Cobwebs in Satis House The marsh landscape Grubby locations Havisham s cake and dress Antagonisms, enigmas, catalysts, parody, pathos, satire, inference, character arcs, empathy, extended metaphor, context, conflict, writer s motive, exposition
Joe was a fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his smooth face, and with eyes of such a very undecided blue that they seemed to have somehow got mixed with their own whites. He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness. (Chapter 2) Joe peeped down at me over his leg, as if he were mentally casting me and himself up, and calculating what kind of pair we practically should make, under the grievous circumstance foreshadowed. (Chapter 2) Joe and I being fellow- sufferers, and having confidences as such, Joe imparted a confidence to me, the moment I raised the latch of the door and peeped in at him opposite to it, sitting in the chimney corner (Chapter 2) WEEK 3 Character Arc (Pip and Joe before/after) In our already mentioned freemasonry as fellow-suffers, and in his good-natured companionship with me, it was our evening habit to compare the way we bit through our slices Joe was evidently made uncomfortable by what he supposed to be my loss of appetite, and took a thoughtful bite out of his slice, which he didn t seem to enjoy. He turned it about in his mouth much longer than usual, pondering over it a good deal, and after all gulped it down like a pill. (Chapter 2) Ah! said Joe. There s another conwict off. (Chapter 2)
I heard Joe n the staircase. I knew it was Joe, by his clumsy manner of coming up-stairs his state boots being always too big for him and by the time it took him to read the names on the other floors in the course of his ascent. When at last he stopped outside the door, I could hear his finger tracing over the painted letters of my name. (Chapter 27) Mr Dear Mr. Pip, request of Mr. Gargery, for to let you know that he is going to London in company of Mr. Wopsle and would be glad if agreeable to be allowed to see you . Servant, Biddy (Chapter 27) Joe, how are you, Joe? Pip, how AIR you, Pip? I am glad to see you, Joe. Give me your hat. But Joe, taking it up carefully with both hands, like a bird s nest with eggs in it, wouldn t hear of parting with that piece of property, and persisted in standing talking over it in a most uncomfortable way. (Chapter 27) I write this by WEEK 3 Character Arc (Pip and Joe before/after) Thank God, said Joe, I m ekerval to most. And your sister, she s no worse than she were. And Biddy, she s ever right and ready. And all friends is no backerder, if not no forarder. Ceptin Wopsle; he s had a drop. (Chapter 27) Why, yes, Sir, said Joe, me and Wopsle went off straight to look at the Blacking Ware us. But we didn t find that it come up to its likeness in the red bills at the shop doors; which I meantersay, added Joe, in an explanatory manner, as it is there drawd too architectooraloral. (Chapter 27) I had neither the good sense nor the good feeling to know that this was all my fault, and that if I had been easier with Joe, Joe would have been easier with me. I felt impatient of him and out of temper with him; in which condition he heaped coals of fire on my head. (Chapter 27)
TRAUMATIC MEMORIES EMPATHY PROTAGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS GUILT AND SECRETS UNRESOLVED CONFLICT ORPHAN UPBRINGING ENIGMA JEALOUSY GAMES LOVE TRIANGLES BITTERNESS GREED, MONEY AND POWER UNREQUITED LOVE CATALYST CHARACTER ARC HISTORICAL CONTEXT GENTILITY WRITER S MOTIVE AMBITION HOPE PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPE AND ASSUMPTIONS EXTENDED METAPHORS: THE CAKE, THE DRESS, THE LANDSCAPE, THE CHAINS, COBWEBS WEEK 4 THE ENIGMA OF MISS. HAVISHAM AND SATIS HOUSE (8, 11-13, 29, 44, 49) Narrative revelations in Great Expectations PIP & MR. JOE GARGERY (2,27) THE ENIGMA OF HERBERT POCKET THE VILLAGE PIP, ESTELLA & DRUMMLE (38, 59) MISS. HAVISHAM, ESTELLA AND MAGWITCH (50) PIP S BENEFACTOR (39, 42)
Week 5 //Assessment Questions Compare the relationship and character arc between Pip and Joe in Chapter 2 and 27. Why did their interaction change? What was Dickens trying to show through this subplot? How does Miss. Havisham act as an enigma and catalyst in the narrative and what is the significance of Satis House in the plot development? Why does Drummle become Pip s main antagonist and what is the character arc of Pip s relationship with Estelle? What part does Miss. Havisham, Satis House and Abel Magwitch have to play in Pip s pursuit for romance? ADVANCED: Evaluate how Great Expectations is a seminal bildungsromannovel and explore the purpose of Dickens narrative in relation to the novel s social, historical and cultural context.
Week 6 // Speaking and Listening Project Pupils are to choose a scene from the novel that will be converted into a script (either written by the tutor, the pupils themselves, or a pre-existing adapted script available online). The scene will be formally acted according to speaking and listening assessment criteria. Pupils observing will all evaluate one strength of each group s performance and one area to work on pupil s will also be assessed on their contributions with other groups performances. Level 4 performing for an audience that is appropriate to task. Level 5 confident, appropriate performance, expressive and formal. Level 6 clear understanding of context of original source, varied and expressive vocabulary, sensitive contribution with fluent use of formal English. Level 7 confident, maturely inventive, ambitious, structured, dynamic, significant examples of teamwork and subtle presentation of ideas. Level 8 intuitively contextual, judiciously expressive, perceptive contribution and adaptable use of language. Skills to use in your performance BECOMING THE CHARACTER INTONATION EMPHASIS MAINTAINING THE ROLE DYNAMIC TONE, ATMOSPHERE AND CHARACTER INTERPLAY GESTURES (PARALINGUISTICS) EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS CONFIDENCE AMBITIOUS VOCABULARY TEAM- WORK INVENTIVE INTERPRETATION
