A quiz consolidating the core vocabulary and key concepts learned during our lesson on Mrs. Johnstone.

Which is the correct definition of the word characterisation?

When creating empathy, what is a writer seeking to do?

By representing Mrs. Johnstone as a victim in the play, how does Russell influence us to respond to her?

What necessity is Mrs. Johnstone unable to pay for at the start of the play?

Through the characterisation of Mrs Johnstone, what message does Russell impart about the stereotypes surrounding working class women?

Lesson 5 Quiz - Mrs. Johnstone

A quiz consolidating our learning of the key vocabulary and concepts learned during our lesson on Mrs. Lyons.

Which is the correct use of the word contrast?

Which character enjoys a privileged position within society?

Which of the statements below is correct in terms of how Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons embody the class divide?

Which of the words below best describes Mrs Johnstone's behaviour towards Mrs Lyons?

According to Mrs. Lyons, why does her house feel 'empty'?

Lesson 6 Quiz  - Mrs. Lyons

In this lesson, we will be introduced to the character of Mrs. Lyons. We will explore how Mrs. Lyons is characterised in the opening of the play, and consider how and why Russell contrasts this character with Mrs. Johnstone.

English

Y10 English

Key Stage 4

Year 10

Mrs. Lyons

Blood Brothers

First Teaching

THEME

UNIT

Britain in the 1980s

Russell's background

The musical form & staging

The Prologue

Mrs. Johnstone

The Pact is made

Class & power

The twins meet

Friendship across the divide

Social class & authority

Sammy

Education

Mrs Lyons confronts Mrs Johnstone

Different paths

Mickey's frustration rises

Mickey's life spirals out of control

Linda, Eddie & Mickey

A tragic end

Russell's intentions

Which of the statements below best defines a tragic hero?

Which word describes the fatal flaw of the tragic hero?

Which statement below best describes the ending of the play?

What does Russell imply really killed the boys?

To which social class did Russell's family belong?

Which statement best describes Russell's views on social mobility?

Which term is most associated with the word fate?

Which word has a similar meaning to the word futile?

Which character appears at key points in the play and serves as the voice of fate?

Which of the themes below is most important in the play as a whole?

Throughout the play, how does Russell present the impact of social class on the working class?

Which character does Russell use to deliver his final critique of social class?

Which of the statements below most accurately describes the impact that social class has in the play?

Which of the statements below is correct?

How does Mrs. Lyons first try get rid of Mrs. Johnstone?

This question relates to the part of the play when Mrs. Lyons learns Mrs. Johnstone and her children have moved to Skelmersdale.

Which of the statements is most accurate in describing Mrs. Lyons and her behaviour in this part of the play.

What genre of play does Blood Brothers draw on?

What kind of structure is established in the prologue?

Through using the kind of narrative structure discussed in the last question, the ending of the play is made to seem...

What is meant when we say that Mickey lacks agency?

Which character influences Mickey to conform to stereotypes of the working class?

Which statement best summarises Russell's message in showing what happens to Mickey in the part of the play following the robbery?

Which of the statements below is accurate in describing the different lives of Mickey and Edward?

What is Russell's overall comment about education?

What stereotype do we see about the working class through the character of Sammy?

To which of the forms below does Blood Brothers belong?

Which American actress is referenced in the opening song of the play?

Which character represents hope for Mickey?

Which character's influence does Mickey submit to in his despair?

Which of the statements best describes how the Policeman interacts with the Johnstones and the Lyons?

How could it be said that Edward is naive in the part of the play where he returns from university for Christmas?

What message is Russell seeking to portray by showing how Edward is ignorant towards Mickey's problems?

What word describes a period of six consecutive months in which the economy shrinks?

Which Conservative leader became Prime Minister in 1979?

Which of the statements below is accurate in describing the stigma around unemployment during the 1980s?

Lesson overview:Mrs. Lyons

Blood Brothers: