Year 7 - English
Reading 'The Twisted Tree': Mormor's letter
'The Twisted Tree': fiction reading
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read, explore and respond to the modern fairytale novel 'The Twisted Tree'. They start by reading the novel before practising writing analytically about the novel's key characters and themes. They finally respond creatively to the novel by writing an article and short script.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explore the importance of letters; how they relay important information and affect the characters emotionally.
Key Notes
- Stig and Martha have dinner, but are interrupted by a guttural howl outside.
- Martha finds a letter from Mormor that tells her she also can feel emotions through clothes.
- Mormor tells Martha that she must continue to water the tree in the garden.
- Letters are an effective method to relay important information in a novel and explore a character's feelings.
Vocabulary To Learn
- putrid: a foul smell from rotting matter
- devouring: eating food or prey hungrily and quickly
- emanating: emitting or spreading from something
- superstition: a widely held but irrational belief in a supernatural influence or practice
- sacred: connected with god or regarded with great respect
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Letters are only used in novels to drive the plot forward.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Stig and Martha have dinner, but are interrupted by a guttural howl outside. Martha finds a letter from Mormor that tells her she also can feel emotions through clothes.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'putrid'
a foul smell from rotting matter.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Letters are only used in novels to drive the plot forward. Correction: Letters can also give a reader an insight into a character's thoughts and feelings, as well as background information. They can also be used as an effective way to create dramatic irony.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 'The Twisted Tree': analysing the dreadful draugr Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': Consolidating knowledge of the plot Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': creating a newspaper headline about the draugr Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': expressing my ideas about the novel Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': how the writer builds tension Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': introducing thesis statements Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': introduction to script writing Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': making impressive inferences about the tree Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': Norse mythology Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': planning a newspaper article about the dreadful draugr Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': Revising inferences Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': scripting a scene from the novel Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': selecting excellent quotes when writing about the novel Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': symbolism Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': the novel as a Gothic text Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': understanding narrative arcs Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': writing an article about Mormor's death Study Guide
- 'The Twisted Tree': writing an effective article about the draugr Study Guide
- Exploring the use of mythology in 'The Twisted Tree' Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': explaining the creation of tension Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': exploring and creating similes Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': exploring the opening Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': identifying key themes Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': introducing the setting Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': Martha and Stig's relationship Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': the climax Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': the draugr as a villain Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': the presence of the tree Study Guide
- Reading 'The Twisted Tree': the theme of fate Study Guide
- Reporting on Mormor's death in 'The Twisted Tree' Study Guide
- The resolution of 'The Twisted Tree' Study Guide
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