Fiction: ending stories
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of how they can emulate writers' choices and their impact from the unit 'Science fiction writing'. In this unit, pupils develop their narrative and descritpive writing skills by emulating a range of different story endings that enable them to skillfully manipulate readers. This unit builds towards the unit 'Books that changed my world', where pupis will look at some of the more subtle methods writers use to manipulate readers and create impact.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can use reading skills to decode a range of texts
- Pupils can identify a range of language devices in texts
- Pupils can comment on an author's use of language
- Pupils can comment on an author's use of structure
- Pupils can use a range of language devices, in their own writing
- Pupils can use simple, compound and complex sentences
- Pupils can understand how authors structure text, through plot or character development
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of how they can emulate writers' choices and their impact from the unit 'Science fiction writing'. In this unit, pupils develop their narrative and descritpive writing skills by emulating a range of different story endings that enable them to skillfully manipulate readers. This unit builds towards the unit 'Books that changed my world', where pupis will look at some of the more subtle methods writers use to manipulate readers and create impact.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can use reading skills to decode a range of texts
- Pupils can identify a range of language devices in texts
- Pupils can comment on an author's use of language
- Pupils can comment on an author's use of structure
- Pupils can use a range of language devices, in their own writing
- Pupils can use simple, compound and complex sentences
- Pupils can understand how authors structure text, through plot or character development
Language
Fiction: ending stories
In this unit, pupils look at four different story ending types and practise emulating them. They look at resolution in 'Moriaty', cliffhanger in 'The Two Towers', anti-climax in 'Hera' and plot twist in 'Atonement', before then crafting their own effective ending.
8 lessons in unit
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