Never Let Me Go - Ishiguro's Use of Language!

This engaging and informative enables students to make precise and detailed interpretations of Kazuo Ishiguro’s language choices throughout Never Let Me Go. In particular, students identify and analyse the effect of Ishiguro’s language in his description in the novel of the boat on the marsh, using their understanding of various language devices, before applying these concepts to their own descriptive writing attempts.

The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:

Defining and exemplifying the descriptive writing techniques, through a fun and interactive activity;
Identifying the language techniques that Ishiguro uses in his description of the boat on the marsh in the novel;’
Analysing the effectiveness of Ishiguro’s descriptive writing;
Creating their own descriptions of settings, using Ishiguro’s model example, a structure strip, and the techniques that they have gathered over the course of the lesson;
Peer assessing each other’s learning attempts;

Included is:
Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive;
Card sorting cards
Selected extract (from chapter 19);
Descriptive Writing Structure Strip;
Descritpive Writing Helpsheet;
Comprehensive Lesson Plan.

There are also opportunities for group learning, speaking and listening, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. I originally used these resources with year 10 and 11 classes, however colleagues have used them for between year 9 and year 13 with some adaptations.

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