In this lesson students are asked to analyse and explain how a writer constructs an effective story opening (AO2 + 4).
I put this lesson together for a year 9 scheme of work which referred to the AQA English Language marking criteria but the success criteria can be adapted beyond a level 3 so that it's more demanding for a year 10/11 class.
Students are asked to consider what a narrator and a narrative voice is and then how many ways a story can be told. There are a series of slides which explain 1st, 2nd and 3rd person narrative including any complicated options within those. Attached is an thriller / horror style extract they can then stick in and in pairs they can decide which narrative it uses. The next step is to consider how the writer interests the reader generally and students are asked to colour code the following devices: emotive vocab, similes, metaphors and effective punctuation. As an extension there are question boxes around the extract asking students further questions which in some cases refer to structure and how the story is developed. The answers for this activity are revealed in the next few slides when students can feedback their ideas to the rest of the class.
The lesson ends with a chance for students to write independent essay paragraphs with the AQA English Language GCSE success criteria which can be adapted for your course. There are 3 options on how to approach essay writing: 'layers of meaning', PEA, or the 'reading ladder' which follow the same idea. There is then an opportunity to self or peer assess according to the key skills.
I put this lesson together for a year 9 scheme of work which referred to the AQA English Language marking criteria but the success criteria can be adapted beyond a level 3 so that it's more demanding for a year 10/11 class.
Students are asked to consider what a narrator and a narrative voice is and then how many ways a story can be told. There are a series of slides which explain 1st, 2nd and 3rd person narrative including any complicated options within those. Attached is an thriller / horror style extract they can then stick in and in pairs they can decide which narrative it uses. The next step is to consider how the writer interests the reader generally and students are asked to colour code the following devices: emotive vocab, similes, metaphors and effective punctuation. As an extension there are question boxes around the extract asking students further questions which in some cases refer to structure and how the story is developed. The answers for this activity are revealed in the next few slides when students can feedback their ideas to the rest of the class.
The lesson ends with a chance for students to write independent essay paragraphs with the AQA English Language GCSE success criteria which can be adapted for your course. There are 3 options on how to approach essay writing: 'layers of meaning', PEA, or the 'reading ladder' which follow the same idea. There is then an opportunity to self or peer assess according to the key skills.
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