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Anita and Me · GCSE English Literature · Courselo

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GCSE English Lit
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Modern prose and drama

Anita and Me

Modern prose and drama · Lesson 6 of 7

Lesson 6 of 7

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Unit 4

Modern prose and drama

7 lessons · 13 h 30 min of study

An Inspector Calls3 h of study
Blood Brothers2 h of study
DNA1 h 30 min of study
Lord of the Flies2 h of study
Animal Farm1 h 30 min of study
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Other modern set texts2 h of study

This unit is ≈18% of the GCSE English Lit, across 7 lessons. Full syllabus

Lesson 6 of 7 · Modern prose and drama

Anita and Me

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Trace Meena’s development, her friendship with Anita Rutter, and the influence of her family and Nanima
Analyse the themes of identity and belonging, racism, friendship, class and community, and coming of age
Explore Syal’s methods: retrospective first-person narration, humour, dialogue and dialect, and the bildungsroman form

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Link the novel to the 1960s–70s Black Country, British Indian experience and changing communities

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