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Analysis of the opening of Mister Pip
How does Matilda view Mr Watts? Select five significant details.
For example:
He looks like someone who had “known great suffering.”
She notices he wore the same linen suit everyday.
2) How does Matilda view Mrs Watts? Select three significant details.
Learning Objective:
To develop a confident understanding of the narrator, Matilda, in the opening of Mister Pip
Read until the end of the chapter
What more do you learn about Matilda? You may bullet point your responses
- her nature
- her view of white people
Prepare a 60 second speech
My first impression of Matilda
Short writing task
From the ideas, thoughts and feelings you have come up with, write a short monologue as if you are Matilda.
It should be 2 paragraphs long - approximately 2/3s of a page.
You have 15 minutes.
Read p.1 and p. 2 of the novel
Compare your version to Jones’s narrator.
Were there any surprises?
Discuss the similarities and differences between your version of the story and Jones’s.
Imagine.....
You lived on an island which was tropical and fertile. Your island was called Bougainville.
Your island was isolated because of a war. There were no doctors, medical supplies or schools.
You had rarely seen any white people – only a few Australian mine workers at a distance.
You were ignorant of the outside world. Your mother had never left Bougainville.
Imagine…
You were curious and wanted to know more.
You were 13 years old, with a strong imagination.
As an adult you write a description about the only white man still living on the island. He is a source of mystery and fun because of the way you see him. His name is Mr Watts.
You describe his eyes, his clothes, and his expression.
You’ve never spoken to him. You followed him with other children.
You also describe his wife, who is black and an islander.
You describe her hair and her look.
English Language Unit 2
Extended Reading - this will be your FINAL controlled assessment for English Language!
This text will also be used in your English Literature exam in June (so we are killing two birds with one stone!)
Your controlled assessment task:
Explore the ways Matilda’s emotions are presented in two key moments of the novel
Deadline for controlled assessment: 20th September.....we do not have much time!!