‘Suite Française’: forming opinions on fiction

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’: evaluating ideas about a writer’s craft

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

What happens during the opening of 'Suite Française'?

only state it if someone else agrees with you

In order to add credibility, what can you do when stating your opinion?

In the opening of 'Suite Française', how do most people react to the air raid?

The writer captures the innocence of the Parisian citizens.

Which of the below is *not* an opinion regarding the opening of 'Suite Française'?

Personally, I liked the text because it showed an intimate perspective.

I disliked the text because it was boring.

The text was interesting because it used a lot of imagery.

Which of these opinions is *not* sufficiently justified?

a thing that is known or proved to be true

Which war took place between 1939 and 1945?

I enjoyed the production because it had an upbeat feel to it.

The production allowed me to reflect upon a lot in my life.

Which of these is *not* a credible source?

an attack in which bombs are dropped from aircraft on to a ground target

an attack with at least three parties involved

Which of the settings below is the most mundane?

‘Suite Française’: forming opinions on fiction

Lesson outcome

Content guidance