L/O: by the end of this lesson you will understand how ‘Mister Pip’ and ‘Great Expectations’
relate to each other.
Intertextuality is clearly a key theme within ‘Mister Pip’…Even
if it does not come up in the exam, it will be very relevant to
most questions which could be asked.
• Today’s Task: Complete the ‘Pip Parallels’
worksheet (Task 1 and 2 and the Extension Task)
• This work should help you to understand the links
between the novels AND give you a better
understanding of why authors use this technique.
L/O: by the end of this lesson you will understand how ‘Mister Pip’ and ‘Great Expectations’
relate to each other.
Today you need to complete Task 2 and the Extension Task
from the ‘Pip Parallels’ worksheet.
• For task 2 you should make notes about each character
from Great Expectations and explain how characters
from Mister Pip are similar.
E.g. Pip is similar to Matilda as they are both the
protagonist. They also both lost a parent/parents at a
young age and are both only raised by one person…
• For the extension task you must to support your ideas
with quotations and attempt to answer using P.E.T.E.R
Answer using P.E.E:
• Why does Matilda decide that her mother has
more in common with Miss Havisham than
with Pip’s sister? (pg. 49)
• When Matilda and Mr. Watts discuss his
injured toenail on the beach, why does
Matilda think that this is her “opportunity to
ask if he missed the white world”? (60-61)
Answer using P.E.E:
• What aspects of Pip’s
new life bother
Matilda in pages 6263?
• How does Mr. Watts
explain Pip’s actions?
L/O: by the end of this lesson you will understand how ‘Mister Pip’ and ‘Great Expectations’
relate to each other.
Write a mini answer to this question:
How is Great Expectations used in the novel as a whole?
There is an epigraph at the beginning of the book by
Umberto Eco “Characters migrate”. What does this mean to
you in the context of the novel?
You must use this structure for each of your paragraphs:
• Point
• Evidence
• Technique
• Explain
• Reader
L/O: by the end of this lesson you will understand how ‘Mister Pip’ and ‘Great Expectations’
relate to each other.
This is one of last year’s exam
questions:
How is Great Expectations used in the novel as
a whole?
There is an epigraph at the beginning of the
book by Umberto Eco “Characters migrate”.
What does this mean to you in the context of
the novel?
To Start: Discuss – How would you approach answering this
question? What details would you include from the novel so far?
L/O: by the end of this lesson you will understand how ‘Mister Pip’ and ‘Great Expectations’
relate to each other.
To Finish…
1. Share your answers
with the class
2. Write a short
paragraph in which
you explain how the
two novels relate to
each other.