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SHORT
STORIES
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includes:
- discussing openings,
studying characters and points of view, predicting endings;
- tackling pre-twentieth
century language, imagining events prior and subsequent to the story;
- looking at sequences
of events, rewriting parts of a story, character role-play;
- drafting a short
story, discussing the stories produced by the class.
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| THE
LANGUAGE FACTORY |
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includes:
- working through
levels, looking at editing, discussing your work;
- analysing different
styles of reading, thinking about purpose and characteristics;
- recognising a variety
of genres of writing, producing an informative guide, researching facts.
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| A
VEIN OF POETRY |
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includes:
- reading ballads,
looking at features of ballads, writing a ballad;
- discussing how
poets and dramatists use songs, and the effects;
- studying haikus,
extending to a renga, reading a cinquain;
- learning about
blank verse, writing in free verse.
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| DECISIONS,
DECISIONS |
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includes:
- reviewing an outline
for a novel, discussing controversial issues, structuring a book;
- writing a sample
chapter, appraising work, writing acceptance and rejection letters,
revising written work;
- considering the
designs and purposes of covers, discussing promotion;
- compiling a catalogue,
looking at information texts, editing and research.
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| ERNIE'S
INCREDIBLE ILLUCINATIONS |
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includes:
- acting and improvising
scenes from a play, interpreting characters, events and underlying themes;
- studying stereotypes,
discussing different audience reactions, putting forward a personal
point of view;
- scripting and performing
a monologue, anticipating the storyline, discussing the ending and reactions
to it.
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| DEAR
DIARY |
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includes:
- making a diary,
describing real events, writing detailed accounts;
- reading diary extracts
and assessing the author's characters;
- studying different
kinds of diary writing for effect, noticing the importance of punctuation;
- talking about personal
history, looking at real diaries, determining persona in fictional diaries.
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| TEAMWORK |
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includes:
- working with others
to achieve a common goal, expressing one's own point of view and negotiating
an agreed approach;
- interviewing someone,
relaying the information learnt, discussing characteristics of good
interviewers/interviewees;
- roleplaying, forming
and influencing opinions in discussion;
- working as part
of a team to produce a magazine.
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