Literary perspectives from the First World War
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In this unit, pupils explore and compare texts written about the First World War. They first read Beck's 'Propping up the line', Mansfield's 'The Fly' and Wilfred Owen's 1917 letter home to his mum. They finally read Brittain's 'Testament of Youth', and then plan and write a comparative response.
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Literary perspectives from the First World War
In this unit, pupils explore and compare texts written about the First World War. They first read Beck's 'Propping up the line', Mansfield's 'The Fly' and Wilfred Owen's 1917 letter home to his mum. They finally read Brittain's 'Testament of Youth', and then plan and write a comparative response.
24 cashar- Writing a letter from the British home front: tone, audience and purpose
- Using sentence structure to create rhythm in writing about World War One
- Understanding why people write about war
- Comparing texts about World War One using comparative topic sentences
- World War One: propaganda and trench warfare
- Letter writing: planning, using Vera Brittain’s ‘Testament of Youth’ as stimulus
- Improving a letter: deliberate verbs and precise adjectives
- Comparing texts about World War One in comparative analytical paragraphs
- Skim reading and close reading: 'Testament of Youth' by Vera Brittain
- Reading 'Propping Up the Line', a short story about World War One by Ian Beck
- Improving the style of a letter: sentence structure and rhythm
- Creative writing in the third person inspired by Katherine Mansfield's 'The Fly'
- Ian Beck's ‘Propping Up The Line’: Alice’s experiences on the Home Front
- Symbolism and motif in Ian Beck's short story, ‘Propping Up The Line’
- Letter writing: planning, using Wilfred Owen’s 1917 letter as stimulus
- Writing a letter as a soldier in the trenches of World War One
- The presentation of trauma in Ian Beck's short story, 'Propping Up the Line'
- Katherine Mansfield's 'The Fly' (1922): exploring character foils and symbolism
- Analysing the presentation of the gas attack: Ian Beck's 'Propping Up the Line'
- Exploring the presentation of the boss in 'The Fly' by Katherine Mansfield
- Vivid descriptive writing using Ian Beck's ‘Propping Up The Line’ as stimulus
- Debating different interpretations of Katherine Mansfield’s ‘The Fly’
- Skim reading and close reading: Wilfred Owen’s 1917 letter to his mother
- Reading Katherine Mansfield’s short story, ‘The Fly’ (1922)