1. Start / beginning Turning points
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Title: English language paper 1 - fiction
Date: 29/11/2018
LO: Can I consider how structure creates meaning in Q3?
Learning Outcomes
Key Words
All
I can make notes on a range of structural features
Narrative voice
End
Start / beginning
Turning points
Sentence/
paragraph lengths
Most
I can make clear notes on a range of structural features and begin to consider the effect on the reader
Some
I can make detailed notes on a range of structural features and analyse the impact on the reader

2. English language paper 1 - fiction
LO: Can I consider how structure creates meaning in Q3?
29/11/2018
Starter: RAG your own Q3 skills on your PLC.
Challenge: can you think of some sentence starters you could use to demonstrate particular skills from your PLC?

3. English language paper 1 - fiction
LO: Can I consider how structure creates meaning in Q3?
This question assesses how the writer has structured a text.
Structural features can be:
at a whole text level e.g. beginnings / endings / perspective shifts / sentence structure
at a paragraph level e.g. topic change / single sentence paragraphs

4. Turning points Narrative voice End Start / beginning
English language paper 1 - fiction
LO: Can I consider how structure creates meaning in Q3?
Question 3 is also worth 8 marks, and tests the same skills as Question 1 and 2. This question, however, focuses on the whole extract, and requires you to consider the structure of the text.
Narrative voice
End
Start / beginning
Turning points

5. English language paper 1 - fiction
LO: Can I consider how structure creates meaning in Q3?
Narrative voice - who is speaking? Effect? Do we sympathise with them? Are we on their side? First person? Second person? Third person? If third person, whose thoughts and feelings are we given most access to?
End – how does the extract end? What is the effect? Is there a cliff-hanger? Are all the questions answered, or do some remain? Is there a sense of closure and that events have been tied up?
Start / beginning – how does the extract start? How does the writer set the scene and make the reader understand what is going on / where the characters are?
Turning points – are there any turning points where something dramatic or unexpected happens? Is there a moment where we learn something new about a character?

6. Structural feature
When do you see this in the text? Are there any quotations you can use?
Impact on the reader
Narrative voice
End
Start/beginning
Turning points
Task: re-read our extract from ‘The Woman in Black’ and fill out your grid. Use the questions on the NEST slide to help you.

7. From the very outset of the extract, the writer has used structure to help create a sense of mystery and tension. The initial opening sentences are relatively short, and the language is used to create a sense of apprehension and uncertainty, “So musing, I emerged into a small burial ground. It was enclosed by the remains of a wall, and I stopped in astonishment at the sight.”. The short sentences mirror Arthur’s anxiety and fear of entering the graveyard, emphasising his uncertainty; it is almost as if in retelling the story, Arthur is short of breath, highlighted by the brevity of the sentence. Moreover, because the short sentences introduce the extract, the reader is immediately on edge and apprehensive, creating tension from the very onset.
Furthermore, the text begins with a wide, general focus about the graveyard and what is looks like; it includes mention of the gravestones and the weed-covered mounds. Then we shift to a more focussed description on the surroundings and the time of day, ‘last light went from the sun’, and Arthur Kipps’ sudden realisation that he is alone and ‘conscious of the cold and the extreme bleakness and eeriness of the spot’. The repeated focus on the dullness and isolation of the graveyard – from the ‘greenish-yellow’ moss and the ‘fifty old gravestones’ in the first paragraph, to the ‘grey water of the estuary’ in the second and the ‘the gathering dusk of the November afternoon’ in the third – helps increase the tension. This acts as a structural feature to create mystery because it keeps focussing the reader on the bleak surroundings. It is a thread repeated to highlight the eeriness of the graveyard.
Additionally, it is in the third and fourth paragraph that the tension reaches a climax. The third paragraph opens with an incredibly long sentence, and a jumpy effect is created by the various number of clauses and commas. The fourth paragraph, meanwhile, is very long and descriptive, and helps increase tension by implying that Arthur is almost transfixed by the ghostly figure and is unable to avert his gaze, hence the length of the paragraph and indeed the sentences within it. The final structural device is the final paragraph; in comparison, it is extremely short, and mirrors the speed with which the apparition has vanished, thus increasing the tension and supernatural elements of the piece.
Sample answer: can you use your mark-scheme to grade it?

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9. Draw arrows/lines and/or annotate to match up the three bullet point descriptors to the example paragraph
From the very outset of the extract, the writer has used structure to help create a sense of mystery and tension. The initial opening sentences are relatively short, and the language is used to create a sense of apprehension and unsurety, “So musing, I emerged into a small burial ground. It was enclosed by the remains of a wall, and I stopped in astonishment at the sight.”. The short sentences mirror Arthur’s anxiety and fear of entering the graveyard, emphasising his uncertainty; it is almost as if in retelling the story, Arthur is short of breath, highlighted by the brevity of the sentence. Moreover, because the short sentences introduce the extract, the reader is immediately on edge and apprehensive, creating tension from the very onset.

10. Draw arrows/lines and/or annotate to match up the three bullet point descriptors to the example paragraph
From the very outset of the extract, the writer has used structure to help create a sense of mystery and tension. The initial opening sentences are relatively short, and the language is used to create a sense of apprehension and unsurety, “So musing, I emerged into a small burial ground. It was enclosed by the remains of a wall, and I stopped in astonishment at the sight.”. The short sentences mirror Arthur’s anxiety and fear of entering the graveyard, emphasising his uncertainty; it is almost as if in retelling the story, Arthur is short of breath, highlighted by the brevity of the sentence. Moreover, because the short sentences introduce the extract, the reader is immediately on edge and apprehensive, creating tension from the very onset.

11. Draw arrows/lines and/or annotate to match up the three bullet point descriptors to the example paragraph
Furthermore, the text begins with a wide, general focus about the graveyard and what is looks like; it includes mention of the gravestones and the weed-covered mounds. Then we shift to a more focussed description on the surroundings and the time of day, ‘last light went from the sun’, and Arthur Kipps’ sudden realisation that he is alone and ‘conscious of the cold and the extreme bleakness and eeriness of the spot’. The repeated focus on the dullness and isolation of the graveyard – from the ‘greenish-yellow’ moss and the ‘fifty old gravestones’ in the first paragraph, to the ‘grey water of the estuary’ in the second and the ‘the gathering dusk of the November afternoon’ in the third – helps increase the tension. This acts as a structural feature to create mystery because it keeps focussing the reader on the bleak surroundings. It is a thread repeated to highlight the eeriness of the graveyard.

12. Draw arrows/lines and/or annotate to match up the three bullet point descriptors to the example paragraph
Additionally, it is in the third and fourth paragraph that the tension reaches a climax. The third paragraph opens with an incredibly long sentence, and a jumpy effect is created by the various number of clauses and commas. The fourth paragraph, meanwhile, is very long and descriptive, and helps increase tension by implying that Arthur is almost transfixed by the ghostly figure and is unable to avert his gaze, hence the length of the paragraph and indeed the sentences within it. The final structural device is the final paragraph; in comparison, it is extremely short, and mirrors the speed with which the apparition has vanished, thus increasing the tension and supernatural elements of the piece.

13. English language paper 1 - fiction
LO: Can I consider how structure creates meaning in Q3?
Now take 10 minutes to write up your Q3 answer.

14. English language paper 1 - fiction
LO: Can I consider how structure creates meaning in Q3?
29/11/2018
Plenary: Read a partner’s work and re-RAG their PLC.
What is it that you need to remember? Add notes to your revision card!
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