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Performing your chosen Gothic poem
Pupil outcome: I can effectively deliver a Gothic poem using a range of performance techniques. Key learning points: - Performing a poem means bringing out the drama of the poem. - It is important to vary the pace and tone in your...
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Performing our poems about place and home
Pupil outcome: I can perform my poem with confidence and use different performance techniques to convey emotion. Key learning points: - Connecting with the audience when reading our poems can make our story more powerful. - We can use...
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Finding my own voice: performing a poem
Pupil outcome: I can consider different aspects of performance and apply them to a performance of my own. Key learning points: - When performing a poem, you should make informed decisions about the pace, volume and tone of your voice. -...
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Reporting on Mormor's death in 'The Twisted Tree'
Pupil outcome: I can plan an effective article reporting on Mormor's death. Key learning points: - Effective planning starts with a 'brain dump' where you recall as much relevant information about the task as possible. - Language devices...
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Describing setting and developing tone
Pupil outcome: I can understand and apply how writers use setting and tone to reflect their characters. Key learning points: - Descriptions of a setting can help reflect a character's personality, mood or emotions. - Using sensory...
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Crafting character through dialogue
Pupil outcome: I can carefully craft a character through the use of dialogue. Key learning points: - Dialogue should be punctuated and laid out clearly and accurately to make it clear who is speaking. - The reporting clause is helpful...
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Performing Maya Angelou's ‘Caged Bird’
Pupil outcome: I can perform Maya Angelou's 'Caged Bird'. Key learning points: - When performing a poem, you should make informed decisions about the pace, volume, and tone of your voice. - Your pace, volume and tone could be very...
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Maya Angelou's poetic voice
Pupil outcome: I can comment on Maya Angelou's poetic voice, referencing a number of her poems to support my ideas. Key learning points: - We can explore Angelou's poems as a collection, as well as individually. - Exploring Angelou's...
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Exploring Maya Angelou's 'Woman Work'
Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou's 'Woman Work' with a focus on its structure. Key learning points: - Presenting the experiences of women, particularly Black women, was very important to Angelou. - Many of Angelou's poems...
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Explaining how Burnett presents the garden setting in 'The Secret Garden'
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Burnett uses language devices such as personification and similes to present the garden setting in ‘The Secret Garden’. Key learning points: - Use the first read of an unseen extract to establish key...
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Responding to an unseen extract from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'
Pupil outcome: I can read and understand an unseen extract from Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and analyse evidence to support my understanding. Key learning points: - Use the first reading of an unseen extract to establish...
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Analysing Dorothy's return from the unknown in Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz'
Pupil outcome: I can understand and analyse how Baum presents Dorothy’s return from the unknown in ‘The Wizard of Oz’. Key learning points: - Though sad to leave her companions, Dorothy was glad to return to Kansas. - A theme of a story...
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‘The Speckled Band’ case: writing a newspaper article body
Pupil outcome: I can include relevant and realistic personal accounts in my writing. Key learning points: - The main body of an article should include details of the event - Interview quotes can add gravitas to your article - The...
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Considering how to use body language and voice to perform a convincing monologue
Pupil outcome: I can use body language and voice to deliver a convincing monologue with a clear, character voice. Key learning points: - We can use our body language, posture and eye contact to convey certain emotions. - We can vary the...
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Delivering a persuasive speech about a new word
Pupil outcome: I can deliver a speech about adding a new word to the dictionary with confidence. Key learning points: - Body language and eye contact support the successful delivery of a speech. - Pace, pitch and tone can help to...
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Structuring an imaginative monologue in relation to Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
Pupil outcome: I can effectively plan an imaginative monologue with a clear, overarching structure as part of a creative task in response to Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. Key learning points: - Your introduction should be powerful and...
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Exploring unique narrative voices
Pupil outcome: I can identify unique narrative voices and use tone and register to write with a unique voice. Key learning points: - Register and tone are important parts of establishing voice in a narrative. - Register is the formality...
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Using non-verbal features to present a speech effectively
Pupil outcome: I can understand how non-verbal features contribute to the effective presentation of a speech. Key learning points: - Paralanguage is important: the pitch, tempo, loudness or tone of voice that is used in speeches can...
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Exploring Walter de la Mare's poem 'Brueghel's Winter'
Pupil outcome: I can write a descriptive paragraph inspired by Bruegel's painting 'The Hunters in the Snow' and Walter de la Mare's poem 'Breughel’s Winter'. Key learning points: - Walter de la Mare's 'Brueghel’s Winter' is an ekphrastic...
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'The Speckled Band' case: concluding newspaper articles
Pupil outcome: I can write an article conclusion. Key learning points: - The final part of an article is called the tail - The tail of an article contains background information, interesting facts and a conclusive tone - A conclusive...
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Analysing 'Valentine' by Carol Ann Duffy
Pupil outcome: I can analyse how Duffy uses language, form and structure to present the speaker’s views on love. Key learning points: - In the beginning of the poem, love is presented as nurturing, caring and pure - it brings connection...
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Telling a story with charisma
Pupil outcome: I can understand and practise techniques for telling a story with charisma. Key learning points: - Telling a story in a charismatic way helps to engage the audience and hold their interest in a narrative throughout. -...
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Advanced 3D sketching
Pupil outcome: I can enhance sketches using tone to show depth and texture. Key learning points: - Rendering helps to enhance communication of design ideas. - Rendering can be used to show colour, materials and textures.
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Analysing effective opinion articles
Pupil outcome: I can identify the features of effective opinion writing. Key learning points: - The form of a piece is the kind of writing it is. - The form of a piece informs the tone you use. - Opinion writing requires a strong sense...