extreme wealth and luxuriousness, often associated with lavish displays of extravagance

the techniques and tools a writer uses to create and develop their writing

behaving or looking as though one thinks they are superior to others

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

English

Exploring the importance of books and stories

'The Great Gatsby': Developing a personal response

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'

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

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

Which of the below are reasonable synonyms for the word 'supercilious'?

In 'The Great Gatsby', which character rents a modest house in West Egg?

In 'The Great Gatsby', Fitzgerald describes the water separating the two islands as a "great wet barnyard". What language device has he used here?

What is the effect of describing East Egg as "glittered along the water" in 'The Great Gatsby'?

What effect does the use of dynamic verbs like "ran", "jumping", and "drifting" create in 'The Great Gatsby'?

by describing them both as equally opulent

by depicting West Egg as less prestigious than East Egg

by describing West Egg as more fashionable than East Egg

In 'The Great Gatsby', how does Fitzgerald contrast West Egg and East Egg?

The novel 'The Great Gatsby' explores the key theme of the 'American ... 

In 'The Great Gatsby', Nick Carraway is the novel's ...

The novel 'The Great Gatsby' is set in a fictionalised part of ...

Fitzgerald describes 'West Egg' as that 'riotous island' in 'The Great Gatsby'. What device is he using here?

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

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