Pupil outcome: I can plan and write a piece of creative writing with effective paragraphing. Key learning points: - Paragraphs are the building blocks of creative writing, allowing our writing to take on an interesting structure. - We...

Pupil outcome: I can explore how James Berry presents memories of his hometown and use this to help me write about my own experiences. Key learning points: - Berry uses sensory language in 'Childhood Tracks' to evoke a vivid image of his...

Pupil outcome: I can write an unsettling description using a wide range of language devices, as well as punctuation and sentence types chosen for effect. Key learning points: - To plan an effective description, you should establish a...

Pupil outcome: I can craft my own atmospheric setting using precise imagery. Key learning points: - The atmosphere in literature is the way an author uses setting, objects, or thoughts of characters to create mood. - The atmosphere can...

Pupil outcome: I can explore what makes a memoir particularly vivid and emulate this craft in my own writing. Key learning points: - Memoirs are historical accounts or biographies written from personal experience or knowledge. - Helen...

Pupil outcome: I can employ the five senses in my descriptive writing to create a chosen effect. Key learning points: - Sensory language is writing that includes reference to some, or all, of the five senses. - You don't need to write,...

Pupil outcome: I can identify similarities and differences between poems about place, home and identity. Key learning points: - Comparative and correlative conjunctions are useful when explaining similarities and differences. -...

Pupil outcome: I can plan a poem about my own attitudes to home. Key learning points: - You can gather ideas for your own poem about home by studying the stylistic choices of other poets. - Figurative language uses words beyond their...

Pupil outcome: I can emulate Ishiguro’s use of mechanical and spatial language to craft my own artificial voice. Key learning points: - The narrator of Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun’ is an artificial intelligence companion for children....

Pupil outcome: I can use interesting structural features to create an engaging narrative opening.

Key learning po
ints:
- You can utilise elements from a traditional story arc to help you create an interesting narrativ
e...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Brontë uses language and structure to express ideas of nostalgia and melancholia in ‘Mild the Mist Upon the Hill’. Key learning points: - We might interpret Brontë’s poem as evoking either nostalgia or...

Pupil outcome: I can write an effective description using precise sensory imagery. Key learning points: - Sensory language can be used to enhance the atmosphere of a description. - Effective sensory language uses a variety of senses...

Pupil outcome: I can write an effective speech that uses a range of rhetorical devices to persuade my audience. Key learning points: - The status of the recipient defined in your task will indicate the level of formality required in the...

In a way, Rapport is an example of Reciprocation – which we looked at in the last video. However, it is about the reciprocation of movement and posture, gesture and expression, and words and speech.



And, it will introduce us...

A video entitled “The Importance of Setting” which explores how to revise the setting of a text to change the mood.

This video discusses television commercials and provides an example of a classic television commercial.

A video entitled “Sensory Language” which explores how to use sensory language when writing.