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Year 8
Myths, legends and stories that inspire
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I can explain how Pieter Bruegel’s painting 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' was inspired by a Greek myth.
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I can write an ekphrastic poem inspired by Bruegel's 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' and William Carlos Williams's poem of the same name.
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I can write a creative paragraph inspired by W.H. Auden’s ekphrastic poem 'Musée des Beaux Arts'.
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I can write an ekphrastic poem inspired by Bruegel's 'The Hunters in the Snow' and William Carlos Williams's poem of the same name.
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I can write a descriptive paragraph inspired by Bruegel's painting 'The Hunters in the Snow' and Walter de la Mare's poem 'Breughel’s Winter'.
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I can write a comparative paragraph which explores two poems inspired by the same painting.
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I can show understanding of 'The Lady of Shalott' through comprehension and annotation.
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I can explore Tennyson's use of symbolism in 'The Lady of Shallot'.
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I can explore selected examples of enjambment in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem, ‘The Lady of Shalott’.
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I can create a powerful atmosphere in my creative writing through language choices and symbolism inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shalott’.
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I can employ the five senses in my descriptive writing to create a chosen effect.
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I can plan a well-structured piece of descriptive writing inspired by a painting ('The Execution of Lady Jane Grey') which employs a third person omniscient narrator.
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I can write a well-structured and developed piece of descriptive writing inspired by the painting, ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’.
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I can improve a piece of descriptive writing inspired by the painting 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' by making effective use of alliteration, plosives and sibilance.
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I can show understanding of Natasha Bowen's 'Skin of the Sea' through comprehension and annotation.
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I can vary my sentence types and lengths to improve the rhythm of a paragraph of creative writing inspired by Natasha Bowen’s ‘Skin of the Sea’.
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I can include a flashback in a piece of creative writing inspired by Natasha Bowen's 'Skin of the Sea'.
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I can create a compelling character profile inspired by the characters created by Geoffrey Chaucer in his 'The Canterbury Tales'.
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I can write a description of a character who is convincing and intriguing, inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's character descriptions in 'The Canterbury Tales'.
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I can show understanding of ‘The Silence of the Girls’ through comprehension and annotation.
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