writing in an interesting and detailed way

to bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind

to form a picture of someone or something in your mind

the emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader

Practising planning and writing a detailed description based on an image

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Writing complete sentences and correcting sentence fragments

Responding to an unseen extract from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

Using adjectives and semantic fields to plan and write descriptive paragraphs

Using simple, compound and complex sentences in descriptive writing

Using dashes, colons, and commas for effect in descriptive writing

Using adverbs, subordinate clauses and compound sentences in descriptive writing

Using vocabulary choices, similes, and metaphors to plan descriptive writing

Drafting a piece of descriptive writing on 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

Responding to an unseen extract from Burnett's 'The Secret Garden'

Using precise evidence from Burnett's 'The Secret Garden' to support an idea

Explaining how Burnett presents the garden setting in 'The Secret Garden'

Using sensory language and figurative language to create an atmospheric setting

Considering strategies for refining and editing your descriptive writing

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

Contrasting the everyday and the unknown settings in Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz'

Analysing and emulating Baum's use of unknown characters in 'The Wizard of Oz'

Analysing Dorothy's return from the unknown in Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz'

Developing your explanation of quotations from 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'

Analysing character in an unseen extract from Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

Explaining and emulating how Bilan uses light in 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

Meeting a fantastical creature in Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

Writing clear analytical paragraphs about Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

Considering sensory language in Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

Considering sentence structures in Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

Responding to key images in an unseen extract from Akala's 'The Dark Lady'

Explaining how Akala uses patterns of language for effect in 'The Dark Lady'

Revising topic sentences and selecting precise evidence from 'The Dark Lady'

Developing explanations in analytical writing about Akala's 'The Dark Lady'

Contrasting the familiar and the unknown in your descriptive writing

Using ambitious language and colour imagery to improve your descriptive writing

Using figurative language and structure to create an unsettling atmosphere

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

Which **two** of the following adjectives creates a positive mood?

The wind rustled through the trees, but the flowers were protected by the walls.

Rustling through the leaves, the wind danced across the garden.

The wind danced and skipped across the garden.

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

Choose an object from the scene and add an adjective to describe it

Find something to compare it to that fits with the mood

Starting with the first, put the steps to creating a metaphor in chronological order.

To bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind is to {{ }}.

it adds extra information to help visualisation

it shows the connection between two ideas

A complex sentence can be effective for descriptive writing because {{ }}.

The pollen centre was a tiny orb of sunshine.

The wind was a howling wolf running through the garden.

Which metaphor would you use to create a positive mood?

The emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader is known as the {{ }}.

help the reader write about the scene themselves

Descriptive writing is designed to {{ }}.

Which word best suits the general mood of wonder?

a direct comparison using the verb 'to be'

where non-human things or objects are given human characteristics

'Her eyes were stars in the dimming gloom.'

'Her eyes were like stars in the dimming gloom.'

'The stars twinkled in the dimming gloom.'

two main clauses joined together with a semicolon

a main clause and at least one subordinate clause

a sentence with a subject, verb and complete thought

Starter Quiz

The emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader is known as the .