the emotional response the story creates within the reader

to serve as a sign or symbol of something

a tool used by writers to hint at larger themes, ideas, and meaning in a story or piece of writing

describing something in an interesting and detailed way

Identifying and emulating Baum's use of pathetic fallacy in 'The Wizard of Oz'

English

In 'Step into the Unknown', pupils learn how to use a variety of sentences for deliberate effect. In the 'Dystopian Settings' unit, pupils will continue to use a range of sentence structures, to create atmospheric descriptions.

In 'When the Sky Falls' pupils write narratives inspired by a text. In 'Step Into the Unknown', using extracts from texts from the literary canon, pupils write descriptions of settings.

In this unit, pupils develop their fiction reading and creative writing by reading extracts from famous fiction and then emulating key techniques in their own writing. They start by securing and extending their knowledge of key sentence grammar, before reading and emulating the extracts.

Step into the unknown: fiction reading and creative writing

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Giving human emotions to non-human things or objects is {{ }}.

To serve as a sign or symbol of something means to {{ }}.

Choose a non-human object or thing from the scene

Describe the non-human object or thing as having this emotion

Starting with the first, put the steps to creating pathetic fallacy in chronological order.

The image of the wind 'howling' suggests {{ }}.

The word pathetic comes from 'pathos' which means {{ }}.

The clouds encroached upon the sun and the sky darkened.

The branches stretched their long fingers and tapped the next tree.

The branches were like hands reaching forward towards me.

Which of the following is an example of pathetic fallacy?

the logical response the story creates in the reader

the emotional response the story creates in the reader

the ethical response the story creates in the reader

Which **two** of the following are definitions of gloomy?

Descriptive writing means writing that is {{ }}.

Dreary can mean which **two** of the following things?

If a text opens with a wild and chaotic scene of storms and wind, we expect that {{ }}.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Identifying and emulating Baum's use of pathetic fallacy in 'The Wizard of Oz'

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.