Descriptive words for the characters in Hill’s I’m the King of the Castle
TASK A: Choose a different colour to represent each of the five characters below. Match the words and the
characters with corresponding colours.
SELFISH
ARROGANT
MANIPULATIVE
VICTIMISED
INSENSITIVE
SENSITIVE
CUNNING
NAÏVE
RESPONSIBLE
DISTANT
IMPATIENT
SUPERIOR
POWERFUL
DECEPTIVE
MYSTERIOUS
SCHEMING
IMPERTINENT
VILLAINOUS
OBSTINATE
FRUSTRATING
CONSIDERATE
MATURE
APOLOGETIC
GRAVE
INDEPENDENT
MALICIOUS
HUNTER
PREY
VINDICTIVE
SEGREGATED
SELF CENTRED
WEAK
SPINELESS
CALCULATING
TAUNTING
AUTHORITATIVE
SHARP
CARING
IMPOSING
PLAYFUL
IGNORANT
SHALLOW
PROUD
VULNERABLE
DEFEATIST
CONTROLLING
INEFFECTUAL
IMAGINATIVE
EMOTIONALLY
RESTRAINED
LOW SELF
ESTEEM
INSISTANT
MISERABLE
UNRELENTING
DISTRESSED
STUBBORN
POWERFUL
DEMANDING
WELL-BALANCED
EVIL
RETIRING
SARDONIC
PERSISTANT
HYSTERICAL
SCORNFUL
EMPHATIC
STERN
ANIMATED
BITTER
VOLATILE
FRIENDLY
INEFFECTUAL
PANICKED
CONTEMPTUOUS
TRIUMPHANT
FORCEFUL
MRS.
Kingshaw
MRS.
BOLAND
FIELDING
HOOPER
KINGSHAW
MR.
HOOPER
TASK B: Now try and complete 10 sentences (two for each character) using words taken from the ideas
above. Support all of your sentences with reasoning, evidence and original thought.
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GCSE mock feedback and student evaluation
What grade did you achieve in the mocks for English? ____
What grade did you hope to achieve? _____
What were identified as your strengths?
List your targets for improvement
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TOP TIPS FOR SUCCESS (all taken from mock feedback!):
TASK 1: Based on the advice above, look at the three examples of work over the page. For each
piece name one strength and one target for improvement.
TASK 2: On the next page you’ll find an extract from an exam answer: rewrite the section,
improving it as much as possible…
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Year 11 Self evaluation (January 2007)
NAME:
1.
Potential________________________________
2. If you are not performing to your potential, what is the ‘interference?’
3. What do you can do well in English?
4. What would you like more help on?
5. What grade are you hoping to achieve for Lit and Lang.?
6. What are you specifically going to do to try and help yourself gain this? (BE HONEST!)
7. What do you hope to do in the future? (after GCSEs/dream job/university degree in what – be
specific…)
Year 11 Self evaluation (January 2007)
NAME:
1.
Potential________________________________
2. If you are not performing to your potential, what is the ‘interference?’
3. What do you can do well in English?
4. What would you like more help on?
5. What grade are you hoping to achieve for Lit and Lang.?
6. What are you specifically going to do to try and help yourself gain this? (BE HONEST!)
7. What do you hope to do in the future? (after GCSEs/dream job/university degree in what – be
specific…)
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
Examine the presentation
of family life and the
portrayal of the English
middle classes in the
novel.
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
To what extent do you
hold Kingshaw
responsible for what
happens to him?
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
In what ways could it be argued
that I’m the King of the Castle is
a novel about the need for
communication and
understanding between people.
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
How do the experiences,
feelings and thoughts of
Helena Kingshaw and
Joseph Hooper contribute
to the events in I’m the
King of the Castle?
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
How effective is the language,
structure and style of I’m the
King of the Castle? Refer to
specific sections in the novel
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
Look closely at the events
that take place in Hang
Wood. What does this
section reveal about the
characters of Kingshaw and
Hooper?
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
Examine the significance
of the world of nature,
both living and dead in
this novel.
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
What is the importance of
Fielding in this novel?
Examine his character, his
relationships with Hooper
and Kingshaw and what he
represents.
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
Many readers have deemed
the end of the book
‘unacceptable’. Justify Susan
Hill’s ending with close
reference to Kingshaw’s
character and state of mind.
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
Is there any explanation
for Hooper’s treatment of
Kingshaw? How is it
possible that his conduct is
not stopped by the adults?
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
Examine the relevance and
impact of Warings. Consider
the house itself, the
surroundings and what the
house means/represents to
each character.
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
Susan Hill makes use of
symbolism in the novel.
Choose three examples
and examine their
importance in detail.
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
What values and emotions
does Susan Hill focus on
in I’m the King of the
Castle?
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
To what extent is it possible
to interpret the novel as
‘adult failure’ as opposed to
‘childhood cruelty’? Give
reasons for your answer.
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I’m the King of the Castle exam questions
WALT: Plan effectively by writing down as many initial thoughts on the question as you can
WILF: Share ideas and try to overcome ‘exam question panic’!
Look closely at the trip to
Leydell Castle where
Kingshaw utters the words
‘I’m the King of the Castle’.
What events lead up to and
follow this that help to shape
our understanding of the
novel?
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TRACKING THEMES – I’m the king of the castle
THEME
QUOTES (inc. page numbers), ANALYSIS, NOTES
Loneliness
Lack of
communication
Family relationships
Power
Spite/malice/bullying
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THEME
QUOTES (inc. page numbers), ANALYSIS, NOTES
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