🎯 WALT: Analyse plot structure and narrative techniques in 'My Name is Leon'

Success Criteria:

• I can identify key plot points in the opening chapters

• I can explain how Kit Harington uses narrative structure

• I can analyse language techniques and their effects

📖 Part 1: Plot and Structure Analysis

1. Leon's story begins with a significant change. What happens at the start of the novel?

Leon starts a new school

Leon and Jake are taken into care

Leon's mother gets married

Leon moves to a new house

2. The novel is told from which narrative perspective?

First person (Leon tells his own story)

Third person limited (focusing on Leon)

Third person omniscient (all-knowing narrator)

Multiple perspectives

3. Which themes are introduced in the opening chapters? (Tick all that apply)

Family separation

Identity and belonging

Childhood resilience

Social care system

Racial identity

✏️ Part 2: Language and Technique Analysis

4. How does Kit Harington show Leon's age and perspective through his narrative voice? Give one example with a brief explanation.

5. Find a quote that shows Leon's protective feelings towards Jake. Write it below and explain its effect.

Quote: "________________________________"

6. Complete this analysis: The author uses _____________ to show Leon's confusion about his situation. This is effective because ________________________________.

7. Extension Task (High Achievers): How does the opening chapter establish the novel's social realist genre? Consider setting, character presentation, and themes.