Mr. Pip
Preliminary Activities
Bougainville:
Book:
Narnia made a big impression on me. I don’t really like books, but I like this book. It’s about an amazing world, and it has a good story.
Person:
This summer I went to Japan. I stayed some days at a Zen temple in Kyoto. There I met a very wise monk. He taught me a lot of interesting things. I learned a lot of him.
Section 1 (p. 1-49)
1. Character list * Mr Watts (Pop eye) * ‘Everyone called him Pop Eye’ * ‘He looked like someone who had seen or known great suffering and hadn’t been able to forget it’ * ‘His large eyes in his large head stuck out further than anyone else’slike they wanted to leave the surface of his face’ * ‘His nose was already big’ * ‘We never saw him smile’ * ‘Some days he wore a clown’s nose’ * ‘Popeye was the only White for miles around’ * ‘Bony knees’ * ‘The last white men’ * ‘They lived alone in the minister’s old house’ * Matilda * ‘I was a skinny thirteen-year-old’ * ‘Us barefoot kids’ * ‘I slept in the same room as my mum’ * Grace Watts * ‘She looked like an ice queen’ * ‘Nearly every woman on our island had crinkled hair, but Grace had straightened hers’ * ‘Huge bum’ * Matilda’s mother (Dolores) * ‘A strong believer in an unknown Christian denomination’ * ‘She has many different viewpoints on issues with Mr. Watts’ * ‘She is suspicious about Great Expectations’
* Mabel’s father * ‘This quiet man with a flat nose and calm, listening eyes’ * ‘A happy man’ * ‘He did not raise his voice, so we did not hear what was said, but we heard its calm flow and soon, to our amazement, we heard one of the drunks begin to sob’
2. Summary * Matilda is a girl on an island called Bougainville. Her teacher, Mr Watts, is
Bougainville:
Book:
Narnia made a big impression on me. I don’t really like books, but I like this book. It’s about an amazing world, and it has a good story.
Person:
This summer I went to Japan. I stayed some days at a Zen temple in Kyoto. There I met a very wise monk. He taught me a lot of interesting things. I learned a lot of him.
Section 1 (p. 1-49)
1. Character list * Mr Watts (Pop eye) * ‘Everyone called him Pop Eye’ * ‘He looked like someone who had seen or known great suffering and hadn’t been able to forget it’ * ‘His large eyes in his large head stuck out further than anyone else’slike they wanted to leave the surface of his face’ * ‘His nose was already big’ * ‘We never saw him smile’ * ‘Some days he wore a clown’s nose’ * ‘Popeye was the only White for miles around’ * ‘Bony knees’ * ‘The last white men’ * ‘They lived alone in the minister’s old house’ * Matilda * ‘I was a skinny thirteen-year-old’ * ‘Us barefoot kids’ * ‘I slept in the same room as my mum’ * Grace Watts * ‘She looked like an ice queen’ * ‘Nearly every woman on our island had crinkled hair, but Grace had straightened hers’ * ‘Huge bum’ * Matilda’s mother (Dolores) * ‘A strong believer in an unknown Christian denomination’ * ‘She has many different viewpoints on issues with Mr. Watts’ * ‘She is suspicious about Great Expectations’
* Mabel’s father * ‘This quiet man with a flat nose and calm, listening eyes’ * ‘A happy man’ * ‘He did not raise his voice, so we did not hear what was said, but we heard its calm flow and soon, to our amazement, we heard one of the drunks begin to sob’
2. Summary * Matilda is a girl on an island called Bougainville. Her teacher, Mr Watts, is