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This quiz gives you 12 minutes to name the 100 most commonly used words in English. It’s a surprisingly difficult task.

A number of students were not at school to complete their essay in response to the novel Runner.

Here is the question.

Charlie Feehan is a decent man. Discuss in relation to Runner.

Please complete this essay in your own time. This should be handed to be no later than Monday 23rd November.

Year Eleven students, I have marked your exams. If you would like to know your result, you can come and see me at school.

Next week, you will be reading a page of Runner (or another novel of your choosing) to the class.

Here are some things to pay attention to

- Speaking clearly
- Using different tones to different situations
- Respect the punctuation
– longest gap for a paragraph break
– fully stop for a full stop
– brief pause for a comma
- be fluent but not too fast
- Use character voices.
– you know these characters. Think about how they would speak
- know how to say all the words in your section

Charlie Feehan is a decent man. Discuss using examples from Runner.

What are the key words?
Charlie Feehan
Decent

What does it mean to be decent?

• A decent man is not selfish.
o Is selfish, runs away and leaves Nostrils behind.
o Is selfish, does not share the money he earns.
o Is selfish, pays Mr Cornwall’s debt.
o Is not selfish, makes Nostrils a partner.
o Is not selfish, gives Mr Redmond the cup and pays for Mrs Redmond’s teeth.
o Is not selfish, he provides for his family.
o Is not selfish, takes the last bath.

• A decent man is loyal.
o No, runs from Barlow.
o Yes, makes Nostrils a partner.
o Yes, defends his Ma.

• A decent man is honest.
o Yes, honest with Nostrils.
o Yes, honest with Redmond.
o No, doesn’t tell his Ma everything.
o No, doesn’t tell Squizzy about paying Mr Cornwall’s debt.
o Yes, honest with Alice.

• A decent man is not a criminal.
o Is a crim, works for a gangster.
o Is a crim, booze and collects debts.
o Is not a crim, is not violent.
o Is not a crim, salary rather than criminal proceeds.
o Is not a crim, he quits.

Question: Charlie Feehan is a decent man. Discuss in relation to the novel Runner.

What does it mean to be decent?

• A decent man is loyal.
o Yes, loyal to his Ma.
o Yes, makes Nostrils a partner.
o Yes, looks after the Redmonds.
o No, undermined Squizzy by paying Mr Cornwall’s debt.
o No, quit on Squizzy.
o No, ran away and left Nostrils to be beaten up.

• A decent man is trustworthy.
o No, went along with the boiled eggs scam.
o Did right by Nostrils.
o Worked hard for Squizzy.

• A decent man is honest.
o No, lied to his Ma.
o Yes, with Squizzy.

• A decent man is not a criminal.
o Yes, Ran liquor for Squizzy.
o Yes, Collected debts for Squizzy.
o No, he quit.

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Here are the final activities for our Language and a Technology English course.

1. The Minority Report Essay

View the film Minority Report.
Answer this essay question.
Structure your response using this guide.

This is due by Thursday 19th November, at the very latest.

2. Linguistic Term Presentation

Complete and present the Linguistics Terms Assignment

3. Mini-exam

There will be a timed, in-class assessment task on Tuesday 24th of November.