Year 9 - English
Planning fiction writing about a malevolent character
Malevolent characters: fiction writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils create and write malevolent characters. They first look at the conventions of malevolent characters, before learning about the techniques they can use to present their malevolent characters. They finally plan and write their fiction with a malevolent character in it.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan a piece of fiction writing using a success criteria.
Key Notes
- Single paragraph outlines are a useful tool for planning writing.
- When you plan writing, you should plan the vocabulary that you will use.
- Using figurative and sensory language creates vivid description.
- A success criteria can act as an excellent guide to what you could include in your writing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- engaging: captures and keeps your interest
- plan: a proposal for something you intend to do
- structure: the organisation of your writing
- deceive: cause someone to believe something that is not true
- single paragraph outline: a way of organising your paragraph into three sections: a topic sentence, supporting detail and a concluding sentence
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Some pupils think that planning isn't a helpful or worthwhile exercise.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Single paragraph outlines are a useful tool for planning writing. When you plan writing, you should plan the vocabulary that you will use.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'engaging'
captures and keeps your interest.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Some pupils think that planning isn't a helpful or worthwhile exercise. Correction: Planning allows us to carefully consider our ideas before writing and allows us to work out what ideas work best for the task we've been given. Planning often results in a final stronger piece of work so is very worthwhile!
More Lessons In This Unit
- Contrasting characters: using juxtaposition Study Guide
- Crafting character through dialogue Study Guide
- Crafting malevolent characters Study Guide
- Crafting physical description for malevolent characters Study Guide
- Describing setting and developing tone Study Guide
- Using figurative language effectively for character description Study Guide
- Using paragraphs effectively Study Guide
- Using vocabulary effectively in fiction writing Study Guide
- Writing fiction about a malevolent character Study Guide
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