Exploring setting in 'Coming To England'
I can build an understanding of a setting by examining the author's use of imagery.
Exploring setting in 'Coming To England'
I can build an understanding of a setting by examining the author's use of imagery.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The weather in Trinidad contrasted between being hot and raining.
- Imagery in writing refers to the use of vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
- Imagery is used by the author, Floella Benjamin, during Chapter 4 to convey how she experiences her childhood setting.
Keywords
Imagery - Imagery refers to a writer’s use of highly descriptive and vivid language to paint a picture.
Convey - To convey means to communicate a message directly or indirectly.
Sensory chart - A sensory chart is a table where readers can note down sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and textures in a poem.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that imagery must appeal to all of the senses for it to be effective.
Explain that imagery may just appeal to one or two senses and provide examples. Look at examples of imagery in other texts so that pupils are able to identify these independently.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2021 Macmillan Children’s Book edition of ‘Coming to England’ written by Floella Benjamin, illustrated by Joelle Avelino, 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).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the bottoms of feet or shoes
paved surface for roads
hot, enclosed space for heating
misty or unclear atmosphere
rushing streams of water
something inactive or not in use
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a writer’s use of highly descriptive and vivid language
to communicate a message directly or indirectly
a table where readers can note down senses that feature in a text