Mood And Atmosphere
learn
learn
Learning Intentions (from Level 3 English):
Learning Intentions (from Level 3 English):
Show an increasing knowledge of how a range of text conventions can be used appropriately
Show an increasing knowledge of how a range of text conventions can be used appropriately
Know that authors have different voices and styles and can identify some of these differences
Know that authors have different voices and styles and can identify some of these differences
These learning intentions could be unpacked with students and these discussions recorded as a rewinable video to be used by students as a scaffold later on.
These learning intentions could be unpacked with students and these discussions recorded as a rewinable video to be used by students as a scaffold later on.
The BIG idea: How do authors create mood and atmosphere?
The BIG idea: How do authors create mood and atmosphere?
(How to make someone smile, laugh, cry or jump!)
(How to make someone smile, laugh, cry or jump!)
Wintersmath - Terry Pratchett
Page 5
Awful Auntie - David Walliams
First 2 pages
Northern Lights - Philip Pullman
The Decanter of Tokay page
With your group work through these three texts using the reciprocal reading roles on the Google Drawing below.
With your group work through these three texts using the reciprocal reading roles on the Google Drawing below.
create
create
Write your own first page of a story. Think about what you learnt in the three texts above to try and create a setting that is either:
Write your own first page of a story. Think about what you learnt in the three texts above to try and create a setting that is either:
- peaceful - strange - scary -joyful
- peaceful - strange - scary -joyful
Challenge - Try to make your page exactly 100 words (you can use ‘tools - wordcount’ to check this).
Challenge - Try to make your page exactly 100 words (you can use ‘tools - wordcount’ to check this).
share
share
Share your page one with someone. You can do this by:
Share your page one with someone. You can do this by:
- Finding a buddy or someone at home to read it to. How did they feel? What mood did you create?
- Post your story on your blog. Explain what you were learning, what was fun and what was challenging (if you are posting on your blog use ctrl-shift-v to paste so that it fits on the page).
Challenge - Maybe you could challenge people to draw the setting you describe or by writing page two to carry on your story.
Challenge - Maybe you could challenge people to draw the setting you describe or by writing page two to carry on your story.