Date: Friday 11th January 2018 Title: Narrative ‘hooks’ ADJECTIVES Adjectives are words which give us more information about a noun eg. The fat cat sat on the square mat. Nouns Adjectives Now, add adjectives to the following sentences: The boy bought some trousers. The house had three bedrooms Get set, learn! As seen with Wilde-the more ambitious the adjective, the better the work and level Level 3 – identify the structural features of a story Level 4 and 5 – explain why the features are used Level 6 and 7– analyse the structural features of a story Level 8 – evaluate the effectiveness of the features

Narrative Checklist: Setting the Scene – The Hook Some possible options for opening a story 'to grab the reader':  Using dialogue - e.g. a warning given by one character to another  Asking the reader a question  Describing some strange behaviour of one of the characters  Using a dramatic exclamation (Help!) or dramatic event  Introducing something intriguing Techniques for introducing characters  Using an interesting name  Limiting description on how the character feels, e.g. sad, lonely, angry or what they are, e.g. bossy, shy  Relying on portraying character through action and dialogue  Using powerful verbs to show how a character feels and behaves, e.g. muttered, ambled  Giving the thoughts and reactions of other characters  Revealing the characters' own thoughts and ideas Remember these? Recap these skills Level 3 – identify the structural features of a story Level 4 and 5 – explain why the features are used Level 6 and 7– analyse the structural features of a story Level 8 – evaluate the effectiveness of the features

Now it is your turn Read through the extract you have been given. Highlight any words you aren’t sure of. Highlight any words / phrases that you think would be useful describing: Characters – physical and personal Landscape / setting The weather / atmosphere Create a word / phrase bank in your book. Allow 5 more minutes to finish this off from lesson yesterday Aspire: To incorporate a variety of sentence structures and vocabulary to create specific effects. Challenge: To use your knowledge of an effective piece of writing to plan and meet the criteria.

Let’s feedback on Bleak House by Charles Dickens Highlight any words you aren’t sure of. Highlight any words / phrases that you think would be useful describing: Characters – physical and personal Landscape / setting The weather / atmosphere Create a word / phrase bank in your book. Ask students which they are likely to magpie Aspire: To incorporate a variety of sentence structures and vocabulary to create specific effects. Challenge: To use your knowledge of an effective piece of writing to plan and meet the criteria.

Write a story with the title ‘Discovery’. Plan your story mountain for the November 2017 past exam question: Write a story with the title ‘Discovery’. Story Mountain Include a flashback to an event that changed the character’s lives but keep it realistic. Aim to hint at it; not reveal all! Consider, like Dickens, listing in more detail the characters’ surroundings to set the overall mood. Dilemma Return to the present and describe the character’s feelings to have looked back at the dilemma. Thoughts Feelings Build Up Thoughts Feelings Reaction to events Keep it realistic! Barely any dialogue One or two characters Reflection Setting the scene – The Hook Here you should aim to return to the beginning but with subtle changes. Here you should hint, like Meyer, that your character is suspicious to hook the readers-rhetorical questions, repetition, verb variety Level 3 – identify the structural features of a story Level 4 and 5 – explain why the features are used Level 6 and 7– analyse the structural features of a story Level 8 – evaluate the effectiveness of the features

Write a story with the title ‘Discovery’. Plan your story mountain for the November 2017 past exam question: Write a story with the title ‘Discovery’. Story Mountain Include a flashback to an event that changed the character’s lives but keep it realistic. Aim to hint at it; not reveal all! Consider, like Dickens, listing in more detail the characters’ surroundings to set the overall mood. Dilemma Return to the present and describe the character’s feelings to have looked back at the dilemma. Thoughts Feelings Build Up Thoughts Feelings Reaction to events Keep it realistic! Barely any dialogue One or two characters But what does this look like in practise? Acknowledge that this is a hard skill and issue the teacher model to help them visually see the 5 story mountain structure in action. Students complete a WWW/EBI activity on this-again thinking about what they can magpie before plotting their story mountain. Reflection Setting the scene – The Hook Here you should aim to return to the beginning but with subtle changes. Here you should hint, like Meyer, that your character is suspicious to hook the readers-rhetorical questions, repetition, verb variety Level 3 – identify the structural features of a story Level 4 and 5 – explain why the features are used Level 6 and 7– analyse the structural features of a story Level 8 – evaluate the effectiveness of the features

Time to Write: Write a story with the title ‘Discovery’. Some possible options for opening a story 'to grab the reader':  Using dialogue - e.g. a warning given by one character to another  Asking the reader a question  Describing some strange behaviour of one of the characters  Using a dramatic exclamation (Help!) or dramatic event  Introducing something intriguing Techniques for introducing characters  Using an interesting name  Limiting description on how the character feels, e.g. sad, lonely, angry or what they are, e.g. bossy, shy  Relying on portraying character through action and dialogue  Using powerful verbs to show how a character feels and behaves, e.g. muttered, ambled  Giving the thoughts and reactions of other characters  Revealing the characters' own thoughts and ideas Use your word and phrase bank Students now write their own narrative for the 2017 Nov question Aspire: To incorporate a variety of sentence structures and vocabulary to create specific effects. Challenge: To use your knowledge of an effective piece of writing to plan and meet the criteria.

Re-visit your work, where can you improve the vocabulary in your piece of work? 5 MINIMUM. A delicate film of perspiration appeared on the upper lip of the old lady, as she struggled under the burden of her innumerable shopping bags. She paused for a moment momentarily for a short rest, and her tremulous hands pushed back a few flame-like strands of hair that had fallen across her face. There was a sudden knock from the window joined to adjoining the ledge on which the lady was sitting resting, and an annoyed irate face appeared above a body that was telling gesticulating for her to move along. A look of disillusionment flitted across her face as she walked trudged toward her unknown destination. Green pen Aspire: To incorporate a variety of sentence structures and vocabulary to create specific effects. Challenge: To use your knowledge of an effective piece of writing to plan and meet the criteria.

Peer Assessment Narrative Checklist: Annotate and label what your partner has done? Some possible options for opening a story 'to grab the reader':  Using dialogue - e.g. a warning given by one character to another  Asking the reader a question  Describing some strange behaviour of one of the characters  Using a dramatic exclamation (Help!) or dramatic event  Introducing something intriguing Techniques for introducing characters  Using an interesting name  Limiting description on how the character feels, e.g. sad, lonely, angry or what they are, e.g. bossy, shy  Relying on portraying character through action and dialogue  Using powerful verbs to show how a character feels and behaves, e.g. muttered, ambled  Giving the thoughts and reactions of other characters  Revealing the characters' own thoughts and ideas Aspire: To incorporate a variety of sentence structures and vocabulary to create specific effects. Challenge: To use your knowledge of an effective piece of writing to plan and meet the criteria.