Extend your thinking@ Bishop Justus 2013/2014

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Extend your thinking@ Bishop Justus 2013/2014

Year 10 Term 3 – English Language 3b Unit

Controlled Assessment #2Lesson 12

LQ: Am I able to use techniques in my work to make it more effective

and engaging?

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Literary terms: onomatopoeia, adverbs, metaphor, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, powerful adjectives, simile, monosyllabic phrase, pathetic fallacy, emotive language, short sentences, structure, sensuous description, rule of three, extended vocabulary, varied punctuation

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Homework:

Find a story opener that you think is particularly engaging, bring it in and be ready to discuss it with the class.

Due: Next lesson



Good Progress: I will use techniques in my work to make it more interesting

Excellent Progress: I will extend my vocabulary and use literary techniques confidently to make my work more interesting

Outstanding Progress: I will use well chosen words and phrases to add craft and originality to my work

How much progress will you make today?

LQ: Am I able to use techniques in my work to make it more effective and engaging?


Literary Techniques: Dramatic irony, imagery, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, rule of 3Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlightsKey Words: Shakespeare, tragedy, character, Verona, interpretation, Elizabethan audience


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The BIG PictureThis term you are completing two Controlled Assessments for the English Language 3b Unit: 1. Recreation 2. Moving ImageThese are worth 10 marks each and your average accuracy mark out of 10 will make up your mark out of 30 for this section. This is 15% of your whole English Language Grade.


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Recreation CA Title Use a character from a literary text you have read as the inspiration for a piece of your own writing. Write a monologue as if you were Crooks from Of Mice and Men

Moving Image CA TitleUse a still image taken from a film as the basis of a piece of writing.


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Literary Technique Quiz...

1. Name a technique2. Define3. Provide an example4. Explain the effect5. State when it is appropriate to use

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Starter: Individual Task

Mind map all the ways that a writer uses language to engage a reader...

Ext: Do these differ depending on genre?

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Introduction: Class Discussion Task

Look at the two sentences – which is more effective and why?

Ext: Could you create a

short sentence that

is just as effective?

She put her hand around the door to look for the light switch, which she then found.

She tentatively reached around the cobwebbed doorway to search for the light switch. Suddenly, her fingers felt a wet, damp surface and her heart began to beat furiously.

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Introduction: Individual Task

Rewrite the sentences below making them more engaging for the reader. Annotate them explaining why you have used the words and punctuation you have chosen.

Ext: Can you do something original that no one else

will do?

He lay in bed thinking about the noise downstairs She wondered why her neighbour was not answering his phone

The woman opened the door to the cellar

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Main Task: Paired Task

Swap sentences with your partner and evaluate their work identifying the most effective sentence and explain why you think it is more engaging that the others.

Swap books back and write the next paragraph of the story including the following:1. Short sentence/monosyllabic phrase2. Simile/metaphor3. Onomatopoeia/alliteration/sibilance

Ext: Can you use ‘artful’ language choices?

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Plenary: Peer Evaluation Task

Read your partner’s paragraph and place each aspect on the target board with bulls eye being a band 5.

Ext: Provide an

improvement comment

for your partner

1. Short sentence/monosyllabic phrase

2. Simile/metaphor3. Onomatopoeia/alliteration/

sibilanceB5

B4B3

B2

Good Progress: I will use techniques in my work to make it more interesting

Excellent Progress: I will extend my vocabulary and use literary techniques confidently to make my work more interesting

Outstanding Progress: I will use well chosen words and phrases to add craft and originality to my work

How much progress will you make today?



Literary Techniques: Dramatic irony, imagery, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, rule of 3Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlightsKey Words: Shakespeare, tragedy, character, Verona, interpretation, Elizabethan audience


Extend your thinking@ Bishop Justus 2013/2014

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emotive language

extended vocabulary

monosyllabic phrase

short sentences

pathetic fallacy

powerful adjectives

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sensuous description