Fiction: read around the world
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of structure from the unit 'Literary perspectives from the First World War'. In that unit, pupils started to notice and comment on writers' structural choices. In this unit, pupils become more conscious of structure, and start to make more complex observations about how writers use structure to manipulate readers. They start to use structure purposefully in their own writing for effect. This prepares them for the unit 'Science fiction writing', where they develop their literary analysis to focus on writers' language choices and their impact.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can use reading skills to decode texts
- Pupils can identify a range of language devices in texts
- Pupils can comment on an author's use of language
- Pupils can use conjunctions to explain their inferences
- Pupils understand how authors structure text, through plot or character development
- Pupils understand the difference between narrative and descriptive writing
- Pupils can use simple, compound and complex sentences
- Pupils can use a range of language devices in their own writing
- Pupils can use single paragraph outlines to plan their writing
- Pupils can use a range of inter-connected paragraphs, in their writing
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of structure from the unit 'Literary perspectives from the First World War'. In that unit, pupils started to notice and comment on writers' structural choices. In this unit, pupils become more conscious of structure, and start to make more complex observations about how writers use structure to manipulate readers. They start to use structure purposefully in their own writing for effect. This prepares them for the unit 'Science fiction writing', where they develop their literary analysis to focus on writers' language choices and their impact.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can use reading skills to decode texts
- Pupils can identify a range of language devices in texts
- Pupils can comment on an author's use of language
- Pupils can use conjunctions to explain their inferences
- Pupils understand how authors structure text, through plot or character development
- Pupils understand the difference between narrative and descriptive writing
- Pupils can use simple, compound and complex sentences
- Pupils can use a range of language devices in their own writing
- Pupils can use single paragraph outlines to plan their writing
- Pupils can use a range of inter-connected paragraphs, in their writing
Language
Fiction: read around the world
In this unit, pupils read extracts from four novels from around the world, and use them to develop their narrative writing. In particular, pupils explore writers' use of structure. At the end of the unit, pupils consider their own use of paragraphs for effect and write an engaging narrative.
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