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Blood Brothers

Accent and dialect

Mrs Johnstone

Mrs Lyons

Answers

Mark your answers.

Tick the right answers and correct the wrong ones.

Tuesday 21st June 2016

Standard English

Liverpudlian accent

(Scouse)

Liverpudlian dialect

Mickey Johnstone

L.O: To examine how Russell uses accent and dialect to show differences between characters.

To analyse how themes are presented through characters.

L.O: To examine how Russell uses accent and dialect to show

differences between characters.

To analyse how themes are presented through characters.

Starter:

Fill in what you know so far about Act one.

L.O: To examine how Russell uses accent and dialect to show

differences between characters.

To analyse how themes are presented through characters.

Task 1

10 minutes silent reading.

Match up the word to its meaning

Extension - Find the definitions for the following words:

  • Dialect

  • Accent

--> language which is particular to a certain area, for example Stoke or Scouse.

--> distinctive way of pronouncing language

  • poshy
  • youse
  • last
  • Hooligan
  • Nott'n
  • gis
  • soft

Task 3

Making an impression

How does Willy Russell present Mickey's character to the audience?

Willy Russell presents Mickey's character to the audience as ___________ (you may embed a quote here). This shows that Mickey is ________________________. This could also imply that Mickey is ______________________ because ______________________. The audience may think/feel _________ because ____________.

L.O: To examine how Russell uses accent and dialect to show

differences between characters.

To analyse how themes are presented through characters.

Shared reading

*Challenge yourself - use some of these sentence starters instead and create your own paragraph.

  • As soon as we meet Mickey we get the impression that he is…
  • The first thing we notice about Mickey is that he is….
  • Mickey is carrying a …
  • The way he speaks tells the audience that…
  • The way he talks to Edward shows us that…
  • Mickey has an older brother called Sammy who is…

Plenary

Feedback

L.O: To examine how Russell uses accent and dialect to show

differences between characters.

To analyse how themes are presented through characters.

Task 2

Read pages 20 - 32

  • What are your immediate impressions of Mickey Johnstone?

What are your first impressions of Mickey? Write down adjectives to describe him.

Extension

Sum up Mickey in 3 words.

We need:

  • Mrs Johnstone
  • Mrs Lyons
  • Kid One
  • Kid Two
  • Mr Lyons
  • Narrator
  • Mickey
  • Edward
  • Sammy
  • Find three quotations which suggest Mickey is a friendly child.
  • How does Russell convey the impression that Mickey is from a poor background?
  • How does Mickey talk about Sammy? What does this tell us about him?
  • How does Mickey come across to the audience? How does Russell use stage directions, dialogue and action to create this impression?

Mickey Johnstone

L.O: To examine how Russell uses accent and dialect to show

differences between characters.

To analyse how themes are presented through characters.

Extension: Find words or phrases from the text to describe him.

L.O: To examine how Russell uses accent and dialect to show

differences between characters.

To analyse how themes are presented through characters.

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