Hello everyone.

It's lovely to see here today.

For this lesson how a writer uses light imagery for effect.

My name is Dr.

Clayton and I'm gonna be guiding you through your learning journey today.

Now, you need a copy of the Chicken House Books edition of "Asha and the Spirit Bird" by Jasbinder Bilan for this lesson.

So make sure you have that with you.

So if you're ready, grab your pen, laptop, whatever you use for this lesson, and let's get started.

So by the end of the lesson, you'll be able to explain how a writer uses light imagery for effect.

So we have four words today we're going to focus on as our keywords.

They've identified in bold throughout the learning material and I tried to put a map to you as well, so you can see them being used in context.

So our first keyword is imagery, and that means the use of words or pictures in books, films, or paintings to describe ideas or situations.

So today we're specifically focusing on the imagery of light.

Now the influence is our perception of situations.

Our second keyword is effect, and that means the result of a particular influence, something that happens because of something else.

So when we're analysing a text, we want to think about what the effect a certain word choice or image has on the reader.

Our third keyword is explain, and that means to makes something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it.

So when you're writing about a text, you want to explain your ideas in a way that makes it easy for the reader to understand.

And finally, our fourth keyword is connotations.

And this means a feeling or idea that's suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning.

So we're analysing a text, we want to think about what ideas or feelings a particular word or images suggest to us.

So I'll just give you a few moments to write down those key words and their definitions.

So pause the video and write them down now.

Fantastic.

Let's get started with the lesson.

So we have three learning cycles on our lesson today.

For our first learning cycle, we're going to think about how we can connect some of the light imagery in "Asha and the Spirit Bird" with certain plot points and how the imagery helps to create an emotional response in the reader.

For our second learning cycle, we're going to think about how we can explain the effect of the quotations.

So how can make it easy for the reader to understand how the light imagery creates a certain response in the reader.

For our third ending cycle then, we're going to consider how you might use light imagery in your own writing, in order to create an effect on the reader.

So we're going to start by defining imagery and then we're going to start considering light imagery in particular.

So, imagery is the use of words or pictures in books, films, or paintings to describe ideas or situations.

Writers use imagery in order to create a particular effect on the reader.

So for example, images of birds within literature could suggest ideas of freedom to the reader because we associate birds with the ability to fly and therefore, imagine them soaring above the world, soaring about their problems, be able to free themselves from situations.

And the light imagery is commonly used throughout literature in order to create an effect on the reader.

So you'll often find writers referring to specific sources of light in order to create an effect, and you might find them set in the story at a particular time of day or in a certain light, in order to influence how we perceive that situation.

So I'd like you to start by thinking about light in quite general terms. What might we associate with light in the daytime versus the darkness and nighttime? Now, if you're working with someone else, you might talk through ideas with them.

If you're working through this by yourself, you might just think about your ideas.

So pause the video, think about what we might associate with the light and daytime versus the darkness and nighttime.

Fantastic thoughts, everyone.

Now like Sam, you might have thought that we generally associate light with ideas of happiness and hope because we can see things clearly in the light.

It makes us feel safe and secure because we know what our surroundings are and we know what's happening.

We associate light with positivity and enthusiasm because we think of the light as giving us energy, making us feel as if we can achieve things.

So, if a writer sets the scene in the daytime, in the light, we imagine something positive will be happening or something will be clear to the character.

Now, like Jacob, you might then have thought.

We generally see the nighttime and darkness quite frightening because we can't see properly.

Therefore, it feeds into our fear of the unknown 'cause we don't know our surroundings.

We don't what's happening.

Therefore, our minds generally fill in the blanks with quite frightening ideas.

We also might think of the darkness and nighttime, it's representing negativity and a lack of hope.

So therefore, if a writer sets the scene in the dark or the nighttime, we might imagine something bad's about to happen.

Or, our character's losing hope in the situation.

So now for a quick check for understanding.

So which one of the following statements is true? Is it a, the images of light and sunlight might suggest negativity.

b, images of light and sunlight might suggest happiness, or c, images of light and sunlight might create a scary atmosphere.

So pause the video and make a selection now.

Now, we think of the light and sunlight as making things clear for us.

We associate them with positivity.

Therefore, images of light and sunlight might suggest happiness.

So very well done if you got that right.

Now, before we start making connections between what happens in "Asha and the Spirit Bird" and how Bilan is using light imagery, let's just recap what happens in Jasbinder Bilan's, "Asha and the Spirit Bird." Then we'll consider how she's using light imagery for effect.

So, "Asha and her family haven't heard from her father "in four months "and Asha's mother has been forced to borrow money "in his absence.

"Asha and her friend, Jeevan "decide to travel across the Himalayas "to find her father and bring him home "so they can save their farm.

"On their travels, "they arrive at the Holy Ganges temple and pray.

"Then, they arrive in the city "and discover it's a frightening place.

"Asha and Jeevan are sold into a child labour camp "and are forced to work before they break free.

"They find Asha's father in hospital "and Asha managed to wake in from his coma.

"They travel home and save the family farm." Now for a quick check for understanding.

So, which one of the following statements is true? Is it a, the city is a glorious, exciting place; b, the city's a scary unsafe place; or c, "Asha and the Spirit Bird" does not have a happy ending.

So pause the video and make a selection now.

Now Asha and Jeevan are sold into child slavery when they arrive in the city, but they managed to escape and they save the family farm at the end of the story.

So the correct answer is b, the city's a scary unsafe place.

So very well done if you've got that right.

Fantastic work, everyone.

We're now at the first task of the lesson, but we're going to think about how we might match plot and imagery together.

So, I'd like you to look at the events on the left and match them to the correct word on the right.

Now these words are all used by the writer to describe light in the novel.

So for the plot events, we have arriving at the temple, arriving in the city, being imprisoned in the camp, and just before Asha's Father wakes up.

Then, for how the light is described, we have the words fading, weak, dawn and golden.

So, consider whether the plot event is a positive or negative event and then think about which of the words associated with light might have positive or negative associations.

So, pause the video and match the plot event with a light imagery now.

Fantastic work, everyone.

Let's talk through what you might have said.

So, arriving at the temple is a positive event in a story 'cause it's a spiritual moment for Asha and Jeevan where they renew their hope in the journey.

So, if we think about the positive imagery of light, we might have thought that both golden and dawn create positive imagery, might specifically have thought that Golden could describe the temple since it's connotations are value and importance which a spiritual temple also has.

Then, we know the city is seen as a negative event in the story.

So, we might have thought that both fading and weak create negative light imagery.

Now, when Asha and Jeevan arrive in the city, they have a bad feeling about it.

We have the sense that something bad will happen, but it hasn't happened yet.

So, we might think that fading matches with this plot event.

So as it symbolises the fading of hope once they enter the city.

Then, being imprisoned in the campus, obviously another of the negative plot point might associate with their weak light because Asha and Jeevan have been imprisoned.

Therefore, the hope and positivity would feel weak in that moment.

Finally, we might associate the moment just before her father wakes miss coma with the image of dawn.

Since dawn symbolises a new beginning and the renewal of hope and her father waking from the coma symbolises the new beginning for their family and the renewal of Asha's hope.

Amazing work, everyone.

Now into the second learning cycle.

But we're going to think about how we can explain the effects of the light imagery, so the reader can understand the meaning.

Now we're going to take each of these quotations and explain how Bilan has used light imagery for effect.

So, we're going to try and make it clear and easy for the reader to understand how the use of light imagery gets a certain response to the reader.

So to do that we're going to zoom in on specific words and explain what the connotations they have are and what effect they might have on the reader.

Now connotations is one of our key words.

It means the idea or feeling that something inspires.

It's what ideas or feelings to the specific words associated with light imagery inspire and how can make that effect clear for the reader to understand.

So let's start with the word golden.

Now this word is you to describe the quality of sunlight when Asha sees the temple.

Now what I'd like you to do is create a mind map around the words golden.

So, if you're working with someone else, you might talk through ideas of what golden represents with them.

If you're going through this by yourself, you might just think about what golden represents.

So pause the video and consider the word golden now and what the connotations are.

Amazing ideas, everyone.

Now, your first thought might potentially have gotten the idea of jewellery.

Some might associate the idea of something golden with something that has value and beauty through jewellery that we wear.

Your second thought might potentially have been shiny, something that potentially catch your eye, something that other people might be attracted to or drawn to because of its appearance.

Your third thought might have been precious because gold is something that has value.

We think about something that creates wealth and therefore is precious.

Finally, you might have thought that golden created over warm, or rich yellow colour because when we think of golden as a shade of yellow we might associate with the sun, for example.

Something that's warm and rich rather being pale and insipid.

Now remember, these are just some of the ideas you might have had.

You might have extended some of the ideas or had different ideas and that's completely fine.

There's no right or wrong answer in English.

So, now we've considered the connotations of golden.

Let's think about how we might attach those connotations to the temple.

So, I'd like you to consider what you think this imagery is just about the temple.

Now as before, if you're working through this with someone else, you might discuss your ideas with them.

If you're going through this by yourself, you might just think about your ideas.

So, pause the video, think about how we might attach those images to the idea of the temple.

Amazing ideas, everyone.

Now like Aisha, you might have thought the word golden suggests the temple is a beautiful place because we associate the word golden with ideas of jewellery and beauty and something that attracts people's attention.

Something that people considered to have great value and importance.

Like Alex, you also might have considered the associations with the sun.

I thought that it could suggest the temple gives people a warm comforting feeling because of the warm rich colour of gold.

Now the feeling of sunlight on our skin generally gives us a warm, comforting feeling that might reflect how the temple makes people feel.

Now for a quick check for understanding.

So, what I'd like you to do is tell me the following statement is true or false.

So is it true or false? The light imagery suggests the temple will be a positive beautiful place.

So pause the video and make a selection now.

The correct answer is true.

It does suggest the temple be a positive, beautiful place.

Now I'd like you to justify that answer.

So, does it create the association of positive and beauty? Because the writer a, use the word "golden," or b, the writer uses the word "glorious".

So pause the video and make a selection now.

Now, the word "glorious" would likely suggest the temple be a positive beautiful place.

But Bilan doesn't use the word "glorious." Therefore the correct answer is a, that Bilan used the word "golden." Just as the temple is a positive beautiful place.

So very well done if you got that right.

So now we're going to focus on the second imagery of light that we find in the story.

So when Asha's father is about to wake up, we have the image of dawn.

So, what I'd like you to first think about is when does dawn happen and what might that time of day signify? So pause the video, take a few moments to consider.

Now, like Sam, you might have known that dawn happens at the start of a new day with the sun rising in the sky.

Like Izzy, you might have thought that this could signify new beginnings or hope because they have the idea of light start to appear and it's just things are becoming clear and that positive feelings about to happen.

Now, I'd like to think about the specific image of dawn and how it connects to what's happening in the story.

So how did it connect to the idea of Asha's father about to wake up from his coma? Pause the video, take a few moments to consider.

Now, like Laura, you might have thought it's suggest that a new beginning is about to happen.

So Asha and her family have been through a lot at this point it might suggest that something positive is about to happen to them and everything will work out for the best.

Now, for a quick check for understanding.

So, what I'd like you to do, is tell me the following statement is true or false, so is it true or false that dawn represents a new beginning and hope? Pause the video and make a selection now.

The correct answer is true.

Dawn does represent a new beginning and hope.

Now I'd like to justify that answer.

So is it a, that that occurs because dawn happens at the start of the day, or b, that dawn happens at the end of the day? Pause the video and make a selection now.

The correct answer is a, dawn happens at the start of the day.

Therefore we might think it represents ideas of a new beginning and hope.

So very well done if you got that right.

Fantastic work, everyone.

We're now at the second task of the lesson, but we're going to take everything we've done in this learning cycle and use and take it to the final two light images from the first learning cycle.

So, we're going to give the words fading and weak and I'd like you to answer the following questions associated with each word to explain their effect.

So our first word is fading.

Now light often suggests positivity and hope.

If it's fading or disappearing, then what does that suggest about the city and what Asha will find there? Our second word is weak.

Now, if the light is weak, what might that suggest about how Asha feels about being in captivity? How might we as readers feel? So, pause the video and answer the questions in order to explain the effect of these two light images.

Fantastic work, everyone.

Now like Lucas, you might have zoomed in on the idea that if the light is fading, that means it's disappearing.

Now we've said that we associate light with ideas of hope and positivity.

Therefore, the light is disappearing.

That implies that hope and positivity are disappearing too.

Now, if we think about how we might connect that the plot of the story that light suggest to us, the city is not a positive place and Asha will not find a warm welcome there because of the lack of hope and positivity.

Now, like Sophia, you might have connected the idea of light being weak with the idea of hope and positivity, being hard to find in that moment because a weak light doesn't illuminate much and therefore that suggests there isn't much hope or positivity.

Now the weak light occurs during Asha's captivity in the labour camp.

Therefore it might reflect Asha's sense of helplessness and her loss of power.

Now these ideas are something you might carry into other texts you might read in the future.

If you see a scene set in dim light or weak or fading light, you might think about why the writer trying to create this sense of a lack of hope or lack of clarity in that particular moment.

Amazing work, everyone.

We're now to our final learning cycle.

We're going to take everything from this lesson and use it to think about how you might use light imagery on your own work for effect.

Now, when you're creating your own work, you want to keep in mind you're constructing a text to have a particular effect on the reader.

So you want to think about how your word choices and your imagery and how it'll create a certain emotional response in the reader.

Now, light imagery is a particularly useful image to think about because it's so essential to the setting of your story.

So as I said, now you're going to practise using light imagery to have an effect on the reader.

So, let's get to the moment that Asha arrives home with her father and they save her home.

What I'd like you to do is create a list to show your ideas about this moment.

How might Asha feel? How might the reader feel? Now, if you're working with someone else, you might discuss your ideas with them.

If you're working through this by yourself, you might just think about your ideas.

So, pause the video, take a few moments to consider.

Amazing ideas, everyone.

They might have said that potentially Asha would feel happy because she can now save her home.

She might feel triumphant 'cause she's achieved her mission to cross the Himalayas and rescue her father.

She might feel relieved because her family's problems will be solved.

The reader also might feel relieved because we know the story has a happy ending and Asha might feel safe because her family and now together again.

They've saved the farm from Meena and her intimidating companions.

So now for a quick check for understanding.

So, is it true or false that Asha feel happy to be returning home? Pause the video and make a selection now.

Correct answer is true.

We imagine she would feel happy to be returning home.

Now I'd like to justify that answer.

So would she feel happy because a, she can now save her home, or b, she missed her mother and siblings.

So, pause the video and select your answer now.

Now, we might imagine that obviously Asha would've missed her mother and her siblings, but her purpose in leaving home was to find her father so they can save the farm.

So you might imagine her happiness will come from the knowledge she can now save her home.

So very well done if you got that right.

Amazing work, everyone.

We're now the final task of the lesson and what we're going to think about is how we might connect those positive, relieved emotions that Asha will be feeling.

How you'd use light imagery to show those emotions.

So for this task, I'd like you to create a plan for how you connect the light imagery to those emotions.

And you might consider what time of day you'd use.

So think about what we said earlier about daytime versus nighttime and dawn, and also think about how to describe the light.

So think about how you might describe the strength of the light, but also potentially the colour of the light.

So, pause the video and make your plan now for how you connect the light imagery to the emotions.

Fantastic work, everyone.

It was lovely to see people sharing ideas because that's how we grow our creative writing skills.

We read other texts and we listen to other people's ideas to expand our knowledge of how to use language and imagery with purpose.

Now, like Lucas, you might have thought that you'd set the scene at midday because that's when the sun is at its highest and brightest to show this is the happiest moment in the text for Asha, because we associate light with positivity and hope.

So if midday is when the sun is at its brightest, that would represent the fact that hope is that it's brightest at this point in the story.

Like Alex, you also might have thought how you could describe the sun in detail and thought about how you describe the sun's ray as strong and warm to represent the strength of the positive emotions 'cause we want to show the light represents those feelings of warmth, but also these the strongest positive emotions within the story.

Now hopefully that exercise has been helpful and think about how you can use light imagery in your own writing to create a specific effect on the reader.

Fantastic work today, everyone.

Here's a summary of what we covered.

Writers use imagery in order to have an effect on the reader.

Writers might use images of light in order to create a positive, happy atmosphere.

Writers might use images of darkness to create a negative frightening atmosphere.

I really hope you enjoyed the lesson everyone, and I hope to see you for another lesson soon.

Goodbye.