Using accurate sentences to describe dystopian settings

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Understanding dystopias

Using compound sentences to describe dystopian settings

Using complex sentences to describe dystopian settings

Creating atmosphere in dystopian descriptions

Using similes to create atmosphere in dystopian descriptions

Using a range of sentence types to describe dystopian settings

Using punctuation accurately in dystopian descriptions

Using sophisticated punctuation in dystopian descriptions

Describing a setting to reflect dystopian themes

Using semantic fields to create a clear tone in dystopian writing

Planning a description of a dystopian setting

Writing a description of a dystopian setting

Using vivid imagery to describe dystopian settings

Using feedback to improve dystopian descriptions

Revising sentence and punctuation types for a dystopian description

In 'Dystopian Settings', pupils use figurative language to create their own dystopian settings. In 'A Monster Within', pupils explore how authors use Gothic settings to create mystery and atmosphere. 

In 'The Twisted Tree', pupils explore Gothic imagery in a contemporary text. In 'Dystopian Settings', pupils use their own dark imagery to write their own descriptive pieces.

In this unit, pupils learn to write atmospheric dystopian settings. They first review and deepen their understanding of sentence types, before looking at how to use figurative language and sophisticated punctuation to enhance their descriptions. They finally plan and write a dystopian setting.

Dystopian settings: descriptive writing

The person or thing that performs the action.

An incomplete sentence. It lacks a subject or verb.

Match the words with the correct definition.

Which verb must go with the singular subject 'she'?

Skye creeps out of her house to gather food.

She worries there may not be enough food.

Which sentence does not have correct subject and verb agreement?

 What is the error in the following sentence: 'The cameras'?

Choose the most appropriate sentence to create a dystopian description.

The verb 'tracked' links to the citizens having freedom.

The verb 'tracked' links to the citizens having lack of freedom.

Why is 'the citizens were tracked' a better dystopian sentence than 'the citizens were watched'?

an action word, to tell us what something or someone does

The person or thing that does not perform the main verb.

The person or thing that performs the main verb.

Which of the below is a *not* an example of a verb?

Which sentence below contains the subject 'Darren'?

Which of the below is *not* a dystopian convention?

Which word means the opposite of dystopia?

Starter Quiz

What is a verb?