Adrian Mole 13 & 3/4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Agenda

Lesson Goals

Work through the student guide for Adrian Mole

Check lesson goals are achieved?

Lesson goals

By the end of this lesson students can.....

Demonstrate understanding of the first part of the Adrian Mole book and the book's characters.

Diaries tell about the things the writer (diarist) did during the day, about the things that happened to him, about the people he meets or lives with, about the emotions he felt and the opinions he holds.
What conclusions can you draw about Adrian’s opinions after reading the first diary entry? Adrian thinks that …

Adrian wants to be an intellectual, but he is a very naïve young teen. In the January 21st entry you read: ‘My father cooked the tea tonight. We had boil-in-the-bag curry and rice, it was the only thing left in the freezer apart from the bag of green stuff which has lost its label. My father made a joke about sending it to the public health inspector. My mother didn’t laugh. Perhaps she was thinking about poor Mr Lucas left on his own.’
Write down the sentence that makes it clear that Adrian is a naïve boy. Which word(s) make that clear.

Now look at the January 15th entry and find a sentence there that shows Adrian’s naivety clearly.

See B. Do the same for the February 11th entry.
Copy only the part of the sentence that makes clear that he is still very naïve.

Even Mr Lucas’s answer does not open Adrian’s eyes to what is going on.

Explain why Mr Lucas’s answer is very ambiguous (something that can have two possible interpretations - twee verschillende interpretaties).

Adrian can be accused of having double standards.
Read the second paragraph of the entry for March 6th and explain why this is so.

Adrian’s and Pandora’s parents belong to different social classes.
What are the three main differences between their parents that illustrate this class difference?

Other characters:
Is Nigel a nice person and a good friend? Why (not)?

Would you like to have a grandmother like Adrian’s grandma? Why (not)?

Barry Kent is a type you meet at every school.
Do you agree with this statement?
State your reasons.

Lesson goals

By the end of this lesson students can.....

Demonstrate understanding of the first part of the Adrian Mole book and the book's characters.

Suppose BNC has a group like the Good Samaritans. How would you react if you had to take care of a person like Bert Baxter? Explain why.

Adrian Mole is a worrier.
What are the main things he worries about? Mentions five things at least.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole is a typically 1980s book. There are many references to that time. Use the English Wikipedia to answer the following questions.
When Adrian uses the term stereo, what exactly does he mean?

What exactly is meant by punk?

Adrian mentions Malcolm Muggeridge several times. Who was he?

Adrian mentions Kevin Keegan. Who was he?

Pandora reads the Jackie. What sort of magazine is this?

Adrian also mentions The Eagle. What is this?

The name of Margaret Thatcher is mentioned several times. Who was she?

Who is Lady Diana Spencer?

Pandora’s father is a Bennite (the second) January 14th). Find out what that is.

Lesson goals

By the end of this lesson students can.....

Demonstrate understanding of the first part of the Adrian Mole book and the book's characters.

There is plenty of irony in this book.
Look up what irony is exactly.

There is also a different kind of irony: dramatic irony. What is meant by this term?

In this novel there is a lot of dramatic irony. Explain in the following examples what it is that the readers understand, but Adrian himself doesn’t. - January 14th Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice) should write a bit more modern

Explain the dramatic irony.
Mr Lucas drinking coffee in the kitchen - Mrs Lucas clearing the drains looking angry.

Explain the dramatic irony.
January 15th Mr Lucas in the kitchen – Mrs Lucas planting trees in the dark

Explain the dramatic irony.
January 16th - Mr Lucas taking Mum shopping – Mrs Lucas carrying big bags

Lesson goals

By the end of this lesson students can.....

Demonstrate understanding of the first part of the Adrian Mole book and the book's characters.