Year 11 - English
Exploring the importance of books and stories
Fiction: books that changed my world
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Unit Summary
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.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to consider why stories and their central themes might be important for society.
Key Notes
- Stories have existed throughout human history.
- Potentially, we might tell stories as a way of creating social bonds and relationships between people.
- We might also tell stories as a way of understanding the world around us.
- Stories might change people's worlds by offering them a sense of connection with others.
- They also might inspire people to see the world in a different way and change their perspective.
Vocabulary To Learn
- universal: relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases
- American dream: the idea that every person has the freedom and opportunity to succeed and attain a better life
- totalitarian: a political system in which those in power have complete control and limit people's freedom
- social class: a division of a society based on social and economic status
- individualism: the idea that each person should think and act independently rather than depending on others
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Books are irrelevant to them and their lives.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Stories have existed throughout human history. Potentially, we might tell stories as a way of creating social bonds and relationships between people.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'universal'
relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Books are irrelevant to them and their lives. Correction: Books are one way of sharing stories - stories have always been part of human history as they are a way of forming connections and understanding the world around us.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 'The Great Gatsby': analysing a writer's craft Study Guide
- 'The Great Gatsby': Developing a personal response Study Guide
- Analysing effective endings in Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' Study Guide
- Considering Chandler's use of similes in 'Trouble is My Business' Study Guide
- Considering the use of dialogue in Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' Study Guide
- Considering the use of motifs in Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' Study Guide
- Emulating Chandler's use of similes in 'Trouble is My Business' Study Guide
- Emulating Dostoevsky's use of dialogue in 'Crime and Punishment' Study Guide
- Emulating the opening to Orwell's '1984' Study Guide
- Emulating the use of motifs in Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights' Study Guide
- Planning the opening to an impactful narrative Study Guide
- Reading the opening of Orwell's '1984' Study Guide
- Writing the opening to an impactful narrative Study Guide
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