I’M THE KING OF THE CASTLE
Match the names:
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Hooper
Helena
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Charles
Kingshaw
Edmund
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Fenwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Enid Tyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Anthony Fielding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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How is each place described and why are they important?
WARINGS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HANG WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LEYDELL CASTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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RED ROOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Name all the ways that Hooper intimidates Kingshaw:
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Family Relationships
Find quotations that demonstrate:
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READ PAGES 1 - 8
How does Susan Hill manage to capture the voices of two
11-year-old boys? What techniques does she use to
convince us that these characters are realistic? You don’t
have to agree.
Technique
Quotation
Explain
Does the context of the novel (1960s) affect a modern
reader’s ability to believe that these boys are real? . . . . .
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What is the importance of:
Hooper’s war maps: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The crow: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Fielding’s calf: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Kings and Castles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Location of the boys’ rooms: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Choose a description of a key event (see below) and write an
analysis of how Susan Hill describes this event in an effective
manner. AO2.
Pg 28 (last line: He pushed open the window) – 29 (He wondered what the
future would be like now)
OR
Pg 40 (third paragraph: When he first saw the crow) – 41 (end of second
paragraph: the scarlet mouth)
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Pg 87 (from By the time he had found the gap to the end)
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Pg 100 (last couple of lines: Very deliberately) – 101(end)
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Pg 110 (from Looking down at the rabbit again) – 111 (end of first line: left a
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CHAPTER NINE
What is the importance of this chapter:
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Look at Chapter 12. Pick out effective quotations and
comment on their effect.
Quotation
Meaning
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Have a go!
Try one of the essay questions below. They have all
appeared on exam papers over the last few years. Time
yourself: 45 minutes.
1) What do you think the novel tells us about bullies
and bullying?
2) How do you respond to Fielding?
3) Choose two settings in the novel. Write about their
importance and the way that Susan Hill presents
them.
4) Is it possible to see Hooper as anything other than
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