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| Building up tension: A
colour coding activity to explore the effect of sound, smell and
sight descriptions on a piece of writing. |
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| Story survey: A sheet to
enable students to conduct a survey about favourite children's
stories. |
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| Good stories: A lesson
plan and activity following on from the story survey above to
investigate what makes a 'good' story. |
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| Introduction: A lesson
plan and associated resources to identify various genres. |
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| The action: Questions on
a variety of sentence structures to explore the effects created. |
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| The setting: An extract
from Buddy with a series of questions to explore how an author
creates atmosphere through the setting. |
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| Change the atmosphere: A
sinister extract for students to explore and then a task to make
the place sound happier. |
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| Creating a character:
Examples to show how ideas can be connected in a variety of
ways. Two sheets on a page. |
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| Character types: List of
8 character types for sorting and an extract from 'The Man with
the Yellow Face' by Anthony Horowitz for students to consider.
(Also available in KS3 Mystery Stories). |