Year 11 - English
Exploring unique narrative voices
Fiction: inner musings
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils explore and practise emulating a range of different narrative voices. They explore narrative voice in 'Alias Grace', 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and 'Klara and the sun' before crafting their own narrative voices. At the end of the unit, they write a narrative with a compelling voice.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify unique narrative voices and use tone and register to write with a unique voice.
Key Notes
- Register and tone are important parts of establishing voice in a narrative.
- Register is the formality of language whilst tone is the mood of a text.
- 'The Lovely Bones' has a unique perspective, tone and register, making the narrative voice engaging.
- Unique perspectives might include writing from the perspective of an inanimate object, an animal or an abstract idea.
- We can adapt our perspective, register and tone to create unique voices in our own creative writing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- register: the level of formality of language
- tone: the mood or attitude conveyed in writing
- voice: the language a writer uses to communicate their perspective or a story
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may not realise that they can choose a unique narrative perspective for their creative writing as they may not have come across that many narrative perspectives other than human.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Register and tone are important parts of establishing voice in a narrative. Register is the formality of language whilst tone is the mood of a text.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'register'
the level of formality of language.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may not realise that they can choose a unique narrative perspective for their creative writing as they may not have come across that many narrative perspectives other than human. Correction: Tell pupils that writers have written from the perspective of animals, objects, abstract ideas etc. Give examples. 'Black Beauty' is written from a horse's perspective. 'The Book Thief' is narrated by Death.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 'Alias Grace': forming opinions on characters Study Guide
- 'The Yellow Wallpaper': analysing character Study Guide
- 'The Yellow Wallpaper': crafting voice Study Guide
- Comparing dystopian voices Study Guide
- Conceptualising voice in fiction texts Study Guide
- Creating voice in our narratives Study Guide
- Emulating Atwood's use of an untrustworthy character in 'Alias Grace' Study Guide
- Emulating Ishiguro's use of an artificial voice in 'Klara and the Sun' Study Guide
- Exploring voice in 'Klara and the Sun' Study Guide
- Planning outstanding narratives Study Guide
- Writing a narrative with a compelling voice Study Guide
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