a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film

an obvious difference between two or more things

very poor; deprived of strength or vitality

a type of punctuation that represents a pause or that something has been intentionally left out

Considering the use of dialogue in Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'

English

Exploring the importance of books and stories

'The Great Gatsby': Developing a personal response

'The Great Gatsby': analysing a writer's craft

Analysing effective endings in Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'

Reading the opening of Orwell's '1984'

Emulating the opening to Orwell's '1984'

Considering the use of motifs in Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'

Emulating the use of motifs in Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights'

Emulating Dostoevsky's use of dialogue in 'Crime and Punishment'

Considering Chandler's use of similes in 'Trouble is My Business'

Emulating Chandler's use of similes in 'Trouble is My Business'

Planning the opening to an impactful narrative

Writing the opening to an impactful narrative

In 'Fiction: Books that Changed My World', pupils explore how authors use language for effect in their writing. In 'Fiction: Inner Musings', pupils develop focus on using author's language choices to make nuanced evaluations about a text..

In 'Fiction: Science Fiction', pupils identify and comment on recurring images and symbolism in texts. In 'Fiction: Books that Changed my World', pupils explore multiple interpretations of an author's language choices.

In this unit, pupils read extracts from some impactful books to inpsire their own writing. Within each of the five extracts, they identify and analyse a key technique before emulating it in their own piece of writing. At the end of the unit, they craft the opening to an impactful narrative.

Fiction: books that changed my world

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

a naive character who struggles to understand the world around him

a man who is desperate to escape poverty so plans to kill his pawnbroker

What is Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' about?

Arguably, dialogue is hard to write because so much of the nuance of it depends on {{}} language.

'Grinding your teeth' suggests which of the following emotions?

'Very poor; deprived of strength or vitality' is the definition of which word beginning with 'i'?

Structurally, the reference to the "police" at the beginning of the dialogue in 'Crime and Punishment' immediately creates a sense of ...

Within a dialogue, we might imagine the person who has more words and takes up more space to ...

a conversation between two or more people

Which of the following is a definition of dialogue?

A 'scowl' suggests which of the following emotions?

'The conscious and unconscious movements and postures by which attitudes and feelings are communicated' is the definition of {{}} language.

Which of the following body language positions suggests a negative emotion?

'An obvious difference between two or more things' is the definition of which word beginning with 'c'?

'A type of punctuation that represents a pause or that something has been intentionally left out' is the definition of an {{}}.

Exit Quiz

What is Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' about?