Using punctuation accurately in dystopian descriptions

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Understanding dystopias

Using accurate sentences to describe dystopian settings

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 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

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

adds pause between items in a list or clauses in a sentence

Technology controls every aspect of their lives, monitoring their every move.

Technology controls every aspect of their lives monitoring, their every move.

Technology controls, every aspect of their lives monitoring their every move.

'Will we ever be free'. Which punctuation mark best fits the end of this sentence?

'Will we ever be free?' The question mark here reflects ...

'I have no privacy!' Which emotion is conveyed by the exclamation mark here?

What punctuation should go at the end of a declarative sentence?

What punctuation should go at the end of an exclamatory sentence?

What punctuation should go at the end of an interrogative sentence?

You don't want to overwhelm the reader with a complex emotional sentence

Simple sentences allow the immediacy and intensity of the emotion to be conveyed

Simple sentences delay the immediacy of the emotion

Why are exclamatory sentences usually simple sentences?

The cameras perched like sentinels on every corner.

Match the sentence type to the example sentence.

Starter Quiz

What punctuation should go at the end of a declarative sentence?