Year 9 - English
Writing fiction 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 write a piece of fiction using a success criteria.
Key Notes
- Reviewing your plan before writing can help ensure your written work meets the success criteria.
- Reviewing your writing after you have finished your first draft is an important step in the writing process.
- Editing and improving your work is crucial for the continual development of your written work.
Vocabulary To Learn
- review: to look at something again in order to make changes
- edit: to make changes and corrections to something for improvement
- integral: necessary; really important
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils often don't see the value in editing work and think once the first draft is finished, the work on it is done.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Reviewing your plan before writing can help ensure your written work meets the success criteria. Reviewing your writing after you have finished your first draft is an important step in the writing process.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'review'
to look at something again in order to make changes.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils often don't see the value in editing work and think once the first draft is finished, the work on it is done. Correction: Writing is a process that involves multiple stages. Revising and editing are crucial steps to refine your work, enhance clarity, and improve overall quality. Even professional writers revise their drafts several times before publishing.
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
- Planning fiction writing about a malevolent character Study Guide
- Using figurative language effectively for character description Study Guide
- Using paragraphs effectively Study Guide
- Using vocabulary effectively in fiction writing Study Guide
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