to judge the value or quality of something

to think seriously about something; considering what is good or bad about it

showing how something is going to develop

adverbs that express a judgement about something

Suite Française’: evaluating ideas about a writer’s craft

English

Developing reading skills by responding to Murakami's 'After Dark'

'After Dark': selecting evidence to support language analysis

‘After Dark’: exploring Murakami’s extended metaphor

Exploring structure in Murakami's ‘After Dark’

Emulating Murakami’s craft to write a descriptive opening

Analysing Saramago's use of structural devices in 'Blindness'

Emulating Saramago's use of structure in 'Blindness'

Using inversion and asyndeton to craft interesting sentence structures

Using onomatopoeia and alliteration to craft interesting sound imagery

‘Suite Française’: forming opinions on fiction

Exploring and emulating character description in Nemirovsky's 'Suite Française'

Analysing images of hope and destruction in Galloway's 'The Cellist of Sarajevo'

Exploring the use of time in Galloway's ‘The Cellist of Sarajevo’

'The Cellist of Sarajevo': expressing a personal and critical response to a text

Exploring and emulating Galloway's use of symbols in ‘The Cellist of Sarajevo’

Structuring paragraphs effectively in creative writing

Crafting an engaging narrative

In 'Fiction: Read Around the World', pupils identify and comment on a range of language devices in extracts from texts. In 'Fiction: Science Fiction Writing', pupils identify and comment on recurring images and symbolism in texts.

In 'A World at War: Short Stories', pupils read short stories, analysing how authors structure full texts. In 'Fiction: Read Around the World', pupils analyse structural choices in smaller extracts of texts.

In this unit, pupils read extracts from four novels from around the world, and use them to develop their narrative writing. In particular, pupils explore writers' use of structure. At the end of the unit, pupils consider their own use of paragraphs for effect and write an engaging narrative.

Fiction: read around the world

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

The verb "wailing" conveys the discomforting sound of the air raid.

The extract events take place on 4th June.

Nemirovsky effectively conveys the innocence of the Parisian citizens.

Match the sentence to the skill it demonstrates.

Which type of words signpost which skill?

Which word conveys that you are evaluating the writer's craft?

Which of these is *not* an evaluative adverb?

How can you examine the quality of someone's argument?

What is important to include in an evaluative paragraph?

How can you show that you are critically examining something?

The text successfully evokes sympathy in the reader.

The word "shrill" creates a nervous effect.

Which of these is an evaluative statement?

Order the skills from least to most complex.

Which word shows that we have formed a positive evaluation of something?

Why is it important to be able to evaluate?

Suite Française’: evaluating ideas about a writer’s craft

Lesson outcome

Content guidance