Literature essay guidance

Here you go - I've emailed it out, but I'm aware some of you sometimes have trouble accessing school emails. In true belt and braces fashion, you can find the guidance here. Just remember to download it locally. Don't forget - come and see me after school or at lunch in L7 if you want me to check anything.

Equality in a capitalist society?

Have a look at this - an infographic roughly outlining the difference between left and rightwing viewpoints. Just for reference, we live in a capitalist society (generally the blue side), which is often concerned with creation of wealth, although there are a lot of aspects from the red side that you might recognise in our society, too (it's not a perfect division). Question for you then - is genuine equality possible in the society we live in? What about America in the 30s?

Essay guidance

Here you go kids - the guidance for what an English essay looks like here. Have a read of this, paying special attention to the  part about outlining your argument in the introduction, and then spending the rest of the essay justifying that view whilst comparing the texts. 

Anyhow, back to the essay. The title is

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Compare representations of equality in Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird', and Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men'. To what extent has contemporary society learned the lessons the authors may have trying to teach us?

Have a look at the essay guide, and then have an idea of what your argument will be, ready to complete the introduction on Monday. Once you've done this, planning the essay will be a walkover.