Year 11 - English
Planning outstanding narratives
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 plan an interesting narrative.
Key Notes
- When writing a short story, we can condense the traditional narrative arc.
- We need to craft for a believable unfolding of events for a short story.
- In short stories, we may need to plant seeds of conflict from the very beginning.
- We can also manipulate time in a short story to hook the reader,
- We can begin our story with the climax, a flashback or a moment after the events of the narrative have taken place.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Chronological: following the order in which a series of events occurred
- Manipulate: to change or control something in a skilful manner
- Ignominy: public shame or disgrace
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All narratives have to follow the traditional story arc and have a chronological order for them to make sense.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
When writing a short story, we can condense the traditional narrative arc. We need to craft for a believable unfolding of events for a short story.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'Chronological'
following the order in which a series of events occurred.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: All narratives have to follow the traditional story arc and have a chronological order for them to make sense. Correction: Short stories often have to manipulate the traditional story structure to be engaging from the very beginning.
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 unique narrative voices Study Guide
- Exploring voice in 'Klara and the Sun' Study Guide
- Writing a narrative with a compelling voice Study Guide
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