1. GCSE English
Week 5

2. Today
Genre Paper one revision

3. Two types of questions What do you learn about? How does the writer?
Paper 1
Question 1
Question 3
Question 4 (half)
Paper 2
Question 2
Paper 1
Question 2
Question 4 (half)
Paper 2
Question 3

4. Genre
What is genre?

5. Genre horror What characteristics do you associate with horror?
Try to list at least 10

6. Stephen King American author Born 1946 Wrote ‘IT’ in 1988
Known for writing horror and science fiction novels
Wrote ‘IT’ in 1988
Was made into a tv series in 1990 and a film in2017
Can you think of any other Stephen king novels?

7. You will be looking at the opening of the novel
Read through the passage

8. Question 1 From the first paragraph only…
List 4 things you learn about Pennywise the clown
(4 marks)
You can use direct quotes if you like

9. Question 2
How does the writer describe the change in Pennywise? (from ‘And George saw the clown’s face change’ to ‘onto their porches’)
(8 marks)
In your response you should:
Look at sentence forms
Look at language techniques the writer has used
Remember to PEE for this

10. Look for… Alliteration Repetition Description of the clown (he/she)
Adjectives
Pathetic fallacy
Comparisons
Long, complex sentences
Personification
Metaphor
Why has the writer used these devices? Remember to explain the EFFECT of the language

11. Question 3
Refer to the whole source:
How does the writer structure the text to interest you as the reader?
8 marks
You should write about:
Location, setting, time, 1st or 3rd person, tone
Remember to PEE for this

12. Think about… Why is it written in the 3rd person?
What is the effect of the piece being written in ‘real time’?
How does the tone change with the weather? Why?
As George physically goes deeper into the sewer, how does the tone and the characters change?
As George panics, Pennywise becomes more demonic
Write about each of these points and remember to PEE

13. Question 4
A student stated: ‘The writer has managed to give us a theme of innocence and transport us very quickly in to horror’.
To what extent do you agree?
20 marks
In your response, you should:
Write about what you learn about George and Pennywise
Methods used to convey the horror
Remember to PEE for this

14. Remember!
Half of your marks will be awarded on WHAT you learn about the characters and the theme as the source develops
Half of your marks will be awarded on HOW the writer describes what happens

15. Remember… Half marks- what you learn. Half marks- how the writer.
The stereotypical vision of innocence
Balloons
Clown outfits
References to Micky Mouse
George’s outfit
His expectations of Pennywise and how this changes so dramatically
How does King describe the change?
Look at sentence length
The use of water
The way in which Pennywise speaks
How his actions change
The repetition of ‘they float’ and why this may be important to the tone of the piece

16. Writing task
Write a story where the main character is not who they first appear to be.
40 marks
Plan first:
Remember you need a beginning, middle and end
Remember to develop your characters
Use dialogue
Be descriptive

17. Planning think of a theme. Ideas! Poor man is actually rich
A seemingly vicious dog is friendly
A bully is scared
The choice is yours-
HINT! Don’t make it too complicated

18. Write 3 lines… Beginning (set up characters)
Middle (conflict- something goes wrong)
End (Resolution)

19. Develop your main character
How does he/ she start?
How is he/ she at the end? (opposite)

20. Now begin to write your story
Dialogue
Always start a new line when a new person speaks.
“Hello” she said, cautiously (put an adverb in to add emotion)
“Oh, hi” he replied, sarcastically (put an adverb in to add emotion)
“I just wondered if you wanted to go into town with me?”
“HA!” he snorted “I would never go anywhere with you!” (he is still speaking so it stays on the same line)

21. A short story Aim for 2 or 3 sides.
Do not be too ambitious with your story line (you will not have time)
Use detail
Be ambitious with your language
Put emotion in to the dialogue
Have a clear beginning, middle and end