Fiction: science fiction writing
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupls read extracts from three science fiction texts and analyse how writers use language for effect. They first look at how writers use sentences and punctuation, before looking at semantic fields, noun phrases and sensory language. Pupils use this to write thier own descriptions.
Prior knowledge requirements
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Fiction: science fiction writing
In this unit, pupls read extracts from three science fiction texts and analyse how writers use language for effect. They first look at how writers use sentences and punctuation, before looking at semantic fields, noun phrases and sensory language. Pupils use this to write thier own descriptions.
10 lessons- Using sensory language to write effective descriptions
- Using semantic fields in a piece of creative writing
- Emulating how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’
- Considering how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’
- Revising key strategies to write effective descriptions
- Using punctuation to create specific effects in descriptive writing
- 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea': explaining a writer's structural choices
- Refining descriptions with semantic fields, present participles, and semicolons
- 'The War of the Worlds': How punctuation and sentence structures create impact
- Using synonyms and expanded noun phrases to craft effective descriptions