Exploring Addie's speech in the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'
I can create a summarised version of Addie’s speech and I can empathise with her emotions and observations as she speaks.
Exploring Addie's speech in the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'
I can create a summarised version of Addie’s speech and I can empathise with her emotions and observations as she speaks.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- Vocabulary can be generated to precisely match the emotions of a character.
- Thinking hard about vocabulary makes writing outcomes more powerful.
- Vocabulary choices can be made to highlight the emotions of a character to the reader.
- Precision in describing a character's emotions means getting inside the character's head.
Keywords
Climax - the point in the narrative where the suspense and excitement reaches its highest point
Summarise - to pull out the key information and ideas from the text
Empathise - to get inside a character’s head
Internal monologue - the inner voice of a character - their thoughts to themselves, not spoken aloud
Tableau - a group of motionless figures showing a scene from a story
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to identify the key thrust of Addie's speech and instead focus on minor details.
When reading the text, say aloud your thoughts as a reader, for instance 'Ah, I can see Addie is trying to show the connection between what happened in the past and what's happened to Bonnie ...'.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2020 Knights Of edition of ‘A Kind of Spark’ written by Elle McNicoll, illustrated by Kay Wilson, for this lesson.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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