can i identify writer’s effects? can i use them in my own writing?
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Can I identify writer’s effects?
Can I use them in my own writing?
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Last week we talked about synonyms - can you think of as many synonyms as you can for:
• POWER:
• Average – 3
• Good - 4
• Challenge – 5 or more?
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Some words are STRONGER than others
Strong
Muscular
Solid
Tough
Athletic
Ripped
Robust
• Which of these words is the MOST powerful?
• Which is the LEAST?
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We are going to think about words about power – how writers create effect with language
- have a go at this yourself
• Why?
• iGCSE and GCSE both include writing about writer’s effects
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The falling wall
As we read the text, think about
• Exciting?
• Soothing?
• Thrilling?
• Relaxing?
• Entertaining?
• Informative?
• Or something else?
What is the effect on the reader?
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In groups you have one section of the text to look at
Key skill – select quotes• Choose quotes that show
POWER
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Next – for the quotes that have been selected:
Key skill – WRITE ABOUT• WHY are these quotes
effective?
• Hints - how does the writer use• ADJECTIVES?
• METAPHORS
• NOUNS?
ZOOM IN
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WRITER’S EFFECTS
Writers create effects by• Using powerful language
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Practice – using powerful language
Corbin, Louise, Kyle• You are going to be the three
surviving firemen
• - read the text again to prepare to answer questions about your experience
• CHALLENGE – using strong language to explain the experience
Everyone else• You are going to be
reporters and ask questions
• Everyone is to ask a question – prepare your question on the whiteboards
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Practice – you are going to write your own article based on ‘The falling wall’
• A huge fire engulfed council offices in Oxfordshire during a spate of suspected arson attacks involving gas canisters that badly damaged two other buildings.
• A man has been arrested over the three blazes, which also damaged a funeral parlour and a thatched cottage.
• A car ploughed into South Oxfordshire District Council's building in Crowmarsh Gifford, causing huge damage.
• Gas canisters were found at all three fire sites as well as the home of the 47-year-old suspect in Roke.
• Police said links between the three fires at the council building, the nearby funeral parlour and the cottage in Rokemarsh, were under investigation.
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Practice – in pairs you are going to write your own article based on ‘The falling wall’
• A huge fire engulfed council offices in Oxfordshire during a spate of suspected arson attacks involving gas canisters that badly damaged two other buildings.
• A man has been arrested over the three blazes, which also damaged a funeral parlour and a thatched cottage.
• A car ploughed into South Oxfordshire District Council's building in Crowmarsh Gifford, causing huge damage.
• Gas canisters were found at all three fire sites as well as the home of the 47-year-old suspect in Roke.
• Police said links between the three fires at the council building, the nearby funeral parlour and the cottage in Rokemarsh, were under investigation.
• Rules : it must be:1. In the third person
2. Have at least six sentences
3. Use strong language for effect
4. Use facts (from the article and made up)
5. Use eye witness accounts
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Practice – in pairs you are going to write your own article based on ‘The falling wall’
• Swap:
• Did the paragraph use the rules opposite – write the number when you have seen the rule being used.
• Come up to the board and write down the strongest word or phrase your paragraph has used.
• Rules : it must be:
1. In the third person
2. Have at least six sentences
3. Use strong language for effect
4. Use facts (from the article and made up)
5. Use eye witness accounts