Year 10 - English
Structuring paragraphs effectively in creative writing
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 plan and write a piece of creative writing with effective paragraphing.
Key Notes
- Paragraphs are the building blocks of creative writing, allowing our writing to take on an interesting structure.
- We should plan an interesting paragraph structure before we begin creative writing to engage the reader.
- We can begin with a wide perspective, narrow into a scene and end with a moment of tension.
- Prepositional phrases help us transition from one paragraph to another.
Vocabulary To Learn
- alluring: powerfully or mysteriously attractive.
- devour: eat or consume eagerly.
- intricate: very complex or detailed.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Planning each paragraph to describe a different aspect of the scene will always create an engaging description.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Paragraphs are the building blocks of creative writing, allowing our writing to take on an interesting structure. We should plan an interesting paragraph structure before we begin creative writing to engage the reader.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'alluring'
powerfully or mysteriously attractive.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Planning each paragraph to describe a different aspect of the scene will always create an engaging description. Correction: Describing something different in each paragraph does not necessarily lead to an interesting description - it is the way in which the paragraphs link and build curiosity and tension that can make it more engaging.
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
- Exploring the use of time in Galloway's 'The Cellist of Sarajevo' 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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