L4 and L5: How do I create an effective opening to a narrative?

Recap questions: Decide whether the following methods are linguistic or structural: simile, lexical repetition, lists, short sentence, repetition, allusion. Look at the feedback in your book and green pen your response. Do it now

Last lesson we were looking at how Dickens used language and structural techniques to emphasise the fact that Marley was dead at the start of the story. In announcing a death at the start of the story and in his use of a range of interesting techniques, Dickens successfully created an engaging opening to a story. He used A short sentence for dramatic effect A list to emphasise the finality of the situation. Repetition to confirm a position. Lexical repetition to convey a message. Allusion to provide a further example to make his point clear to the reader. A simile to provide a further example to make his point clear to the reader. In today’s lesson, your task will be to have a go at creating an engaging opening to a story using the techniques above. Let’s look at your stimulus. New knowledge

In pairs, consider and annotate the picture in response to the following: What do you see? What can you infer? What would be the main idea you would wish to convey to your reader? Pen to paper

A short sentence to open the narrative. Ideas generator A short sentence to open the narrative. A list. Repetition of an idea. Lexical repetition. A simile. Allusion. Pen to paper

A short sentence to open the narrative. A list. Repetition of an idea. Lexical repetition. A simile. Allusion. Pen to paper

Your task: create an engaging opening to a narrative using a range of interesting techniques. Success criteria: An opening that reflects the image you have been given A short sentence to begin the narrative in a dramatic way Repetition Lexical repetition A list Allusion A simile Next lesson will be a writing lesson. Bring your headphones! Reflection

Writing lesson Success criteria: Your task: create an engaging opening to a narrative using a range of interesting techniques. Success criteria: An opening that reflects the image you have been given A short sentence to begin the narrative in a dramatic way Repetition Lexical repetition A list Allusion A simile Pen to paper

When you are happy with your draft, then Copy your best version into your assessment book. Identify and highlight where you have met the success criteria. Evaluate your choices. To do this consider the following questions: How does my short sentence create a dramatic opening? How have I used repetition to reinforce an idea and create an engaging opening? How have I used lexical repetition to reinforce an idea and create an engaging opening? How have I used a list to reinforce an idea and create an engaging opening? How has my use of allusion helped my reader with the main idea? How has my simile emphasised the point I want to make? Reflection