Fiction: books that changed my world
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupils read extracts from some impactful books to inpsire their own writing. Within each of the five extracts, they identify and analyse a key technique before emulating it in their own piece of writing. At the end of the unit, they craft the opening to an impactful narrative.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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Fiction: books that changed my world
In this unit, pupils read extracts from some impactful books to inpsire their own writing. Within each of the five extracts, they identify and analyse a key technique before emulating it in their own piece of writing. At the end of the unit, they craft the opening to an impactful narrative.
14 lessons- Analysing effective endings in Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'
- Considering the use of dialogue in Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'
- Considering the use of motifs in Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'
- Exploring the importance of books and stories
- Planning the opening to an impactful narrative
- Considering Chandler's use of similes in 'Trouble is My Business'
- 'The Great Gatsby': analysing a writer's craft
- Reading the opening of Orwell's '1984'
- Emulating Chandler's use of similes in 'Trouble is My Business'
- Emulating Dostoevsky's use of dialogue in 'Crime and Punishment'
- Emulating the use of motifs in Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights'
- 'The Great Gatsby': Developing a personal response
- Emulating the opening to Orwell's '1984'
- Writing the opening to an impactful narrative