A written analysis of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
I can confidently draft, and redraft a written analysis of a literary text.
A written analysis of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
I can confidently draft, and redraft a written analysis of a literary text.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- It is important to consider the first version of your work a first draft and not the finished essay.
- Redrafting your critical writing is just as important as redrafting your creative writing.
- A clear and concise essay focuses on the writer’s use of methods.
- Successful essays offer a comprehensive explanation and exploration of the effects the writer’s methods.
- Short, embedded quotations make your essay more concise and coherent.
Keywords
Redraft - rewriting your work to improve it
Methods - any conscious choice the writer makes - this could be using a simile or choosing a specific word
Concise - using as few words as possible to express as much meaning as possible
Tentative - not absolute, certain or agreed
Common misconception
Students think that the first version of their work is the finished piece.
Redrafting work improves its quality, depth and coherence. Students should be encouraged to appreciate, and embrace the value of redrafting their work.
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Equipment
You will need access to the short story 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. You can find a copy of this in the additional materials.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
- Depiction or discussion of mental health issues
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
wicked and appaling
to be hidden
to not be of sound mind
horrified and shocked
not based upon logic or reason