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.
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.
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 ...'.
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
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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