Mr Know-All By M. Somerset-Maugham

Getting Ready for The Summative Assessment

By Ella Ben Emanuel

Basic understanding: The Characters

• Learn about the appearance and personality of the characters on board the ship:

• Mr. Kelada • Mr Ramsay• Mrs Ramsay• The Narrator• The Doctor

Basic Understanding:Background

Learn the background to the characters and to the events in the story:Where are they from?What do they do?Why are they on board the ship?What do you know about this period in

history? How does it affect the way you see the characters?

Basic Understanding: The Events of the Story

Learn the following:What is the bet between Mr Kelada and Mr

Ramsay about?What do we infer from the bet?

HOTS QuestionsThink about the following questions:

What decision does Mr. Kelada make following the bet and what does this say about his personality?

Why is it that the narrator dislikes Mr Kelada? What sort of a person would he have liked to share a cabin with

Bridging TaskIn this task you will be given some historical

information about the author or the time that it was written and you must

a) Show how you understand that this information is relevant to the story.

b) Show how it makes you understand the story better.

Grammar and expressing yourself

Please remember• Check your spelling – many of the words you

misspell are in the questions!• Check your verbs- are they all in the same

tense? Did you put an ‘s’ on the third person?

Useful Expressions

In my opinion I feel that It seems that Not only…..but also… It is obvious that It appears that

When I compare…..to…….

I agree/disagree with this statement because

In conclusion Therefore

Good Luck!