Checknotes guides are designed to help students revise in the weeks before an important examination. They look closely at format and assessment objectives before guiding students through the most important questions that have been, or are likely to be, asked.
Written by subject specialists that teach at top independent schools, these guides explain how questions should be approached. The aim is to make an able student as aware as possible of the key points and issues that an aspiring A* grade student must target in the examination.
The ‘Of Mice and Men’ question will account for 20% of a student’s final GCSE English Literature grade so it is vital that an aspirational A/A* student performs well on this section of the examination.
This guide is written with the AQA English Literature Higher Paper in mind but it is in no way endorsed by them. This is not a general guide to the text, it is a step-by-step guide to how to use your knowledge of the text in this examination.
This Checknotes guide includes:
Guidance on how to respond to the following questions:
- How does Steinbeck create sympathy for the character of Lennie?
- What does the character of Candy contribute to the novel?
- How does Steinbeck use Curley’s wife to communicate ideas about society?
- What is the importance of Crooks in the novel?
- In the novel as a whole, how does Steinbeck portray the issue of loneliness?
- What is the significance of the title of the novel?
- How important are hopes and dreams to the novel?
- Why are places, real or imagined, important to the novel?
- Write about the importance of animals in this novel.
Lists and explanations of key terms that students need to know in order to succeed in this examination.
Advice on planning and structuring your essay.
A guide to maximising the marks awarded for use of punctuation.
Written by subject specialists that teach at top independent schools, these guides explain how questions should be approached. The aim is to make an able student as aware as possible of the key points and issues that an aspiring A* grade student must target in the examination.
The ‘Of Mice and Men’ question will account for 20% of a student’s final GCSE English Literature grade so it is vital that an aspirational A/A* student performs well on this section of the examination.
This guide is written with the AQA English Literature Higher Paper in mind but it is in no way endorsed by them. This is not a general guide to the text, it is a step-by-step guide to how to use your knowledge of the text in this examination.
This Checknotes guide includes:
Guidance on how to respond to the following questions:
- How does Steinbeck create sympathy for the character of Lennie?
- What does the character of Candy contribute to the novel?
- How does Steinbeck use Curley’s wife to communicate ideas about society?
- What is the importance of Crooks in the novel?
- In the novel as a whole, how does Steinbeck portray the issue of loneliness?
- What is the significance of the title of the novel?
- How important are hopes and dreams to the novel?
- Why are places, real or imagined, important to the novel?
- Write about the importance of animals in this novel.
Lists and explanations of key terms that students need to know in order to succeed in this examination.
Advice on planning and structuring your essay.
A guide to maximising the marks awarded for use of punctuation.
