Year 10 - English
Exploring the use of time in Galloway's 'The Cellist of Sarajevo'
Fiction: read around the world
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read extracts from four novels from around the world, and use them to develop their narrative writing. In particular, pupils explore writers' use of structure. At the end of the unit, pupils consider their own use of paragraphs for effect and write an engaging narrative.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to analyse how Galloway uses time and use that as inspiration for the structure of your own narrative.
Key Notes
- You can experiment with time to create an interesting structure to your narrative.
- The use of flashback is powerful in 'The Cellist of Sarajevo' to help the reader connect to the character.
- The use of flashforward adds a sense of inevitability and a poignant tone to writing.
- Flashbacks are powerful when they contrast to the present moment in some way.
- Using certain phrases before your time shifts can help to create seamless transitions.
Vocabulary To Learn
- flashback: a transition in a story to an earlier time in the life of one or more characters
- flashforward: a transition in a story to a future time in the life of one or more characters
- poignant: evoking a sense of sadness or regret
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- We can only manipulate time in one way in a narrative.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
You can experiment with time to create an interesting structure to your narrative. The use of flashback is powerful in 'The Cellist of Sarajevo' to help the reader connect to the character.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'flashback'
a transition in a story to an earlier time in the life of one or more characters.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: We can only manipulate time in one way in a narrative. Correction: When we know the effect that we want our flashbacks and flashforwards to have, we can use both.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 'After Dark': exploring Murakami's extended metaphor Study Guide
- 'After Dark': selecting evidence to support language analysis Study Guide
- 'Suite Française': evaluating ideas about a writer's craft Study Guide
- 'Suite Française': forming opinions on fiction Study Guide
- 'The Cellist of Sarajevo': expressing a personal and critical response to a text Study Guide
- Analysing images of hope and destruction in Galloway's 'The Cellist of Sarajevo' Study Guide
- Analysing Saramago's use of structural devices in 'Blindness' Study Guide
- Crafting an engaging narrative Study Guide
- Developing reading skills by responding to Murakami's 'After Dark' Study Guide
- Emulating Murakami's craft to write a descriptive opening Study Guide
- Emulating Saramago's use of structure in 'Blindness' Study Guide
- Exploring and emulating Galloway's use of symbols in 'The Cellist of Sarajevo' Study Guide
- Exploring structure in Murakami's 'After Dark' Study Guide
- Structuring paragraphs effectively in creative writing Study Guide
- Using inversion and asyndeton to craft interesting sentence structures Study Guide
- Using onomatopoeia and alliteration to craft interesting sound imagery Study Guide
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