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Year 7

Revising topic sentences and selecting precise evidence from 'The Dark Lady'

I can select a range of precise evidence from Akala's 'The Dark Lady' to support my topic sentences.

New
New
Year 7

Revising topic sentences and selecting precise evidence from 'The Dark Lady'

I can select a range of precise evidence from Akala's 'The Dark Lady' to support my topic sentences.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Good topic sentence: At the [place in text], [author name] shows us [link back to intention] through the use of [X/Y].
  2. Every analytical paragraph should include at least 2 quotations to support your topic sentence idea.
  3. Be selective when choosing quotations – select the best to support your topic sentence.

Common misconception

That you should choose the quotation with the most techniques as your evidence.

You need to select a quotation that matches the point of your topic sentence rather than simply being the one with the most techniques.

Keywords

  • Topic sentence - a sentence that introduces the main focus or idea of a paragraph

  • Intention - something that you want and plan to do

  • Selective - intentionally choosing some things and not others

  • Semantic field - a group of words with a similar meaning

  • Evidence - something that makes you believe that something is true or exists

You could ask students to peer assess their chosen quotations for their topic sentences to see different people's ideas.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You need a copy of the 2021 Hodder Children’s Book edition of ‘The Dark Lady’ by Akala for this lesson.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

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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6 Questions

Q1.
A group of words taken from a text or speech is ...
Correct answer: a quotation
a technique
a connotation
Q2.
What is the word magical often associated with?
Correct answer: something supernatural
something ordinary
something terrifying
something mundane
Q3.
Something that makes you believe that something is true or exists is called ...
Correct answer: evidence.
prediction.
intention.
Q4.
What is the purpose of a topic sentence?
Correct answer: to explain the main focus of a paragraph
to summarise and conclude the paragraph
to analyse quotations and techniques
Q5.
What does 'intense' mean?
Correct answer: something very great or extreme in strength or degree
something very weak or passive in strength or degree
something very ordinary or normal in strength or degree
Q6.
Match the components of the analytical question: 'In 'The Dark Lady', how does Akala present magic?' with their meanings.
Correct Answer:How,Analyse the language, form and structure.

Analyse the language, form and structure.

Correct Answer:Akala,What were their intentions?

What were their intentions?

Correct Answer:Magic,What ideas about this concept are there?

What ideas about this concept are there?

6 Questions

Q1.
In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', Henry and Joan's magical room is said to give off a light.
red
green
Correct answer: gold
purple
Q2.
In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', Henry and Joan's magical room is said to Henry's magic.
dim
Correct answer: intensify
remove
Q3.
What does selective mean?
Correct answer: choosing with intention and care
choosing without much thought or care
choosing the first thing you see
choosing what you think others would approve of
Q4.
Something that you want and plan to do is called your ...
Correct Answer: intention
Q5.
Which of the following is not a feature of an effective topic sentence?
Correct answer: Analysis of quotations
Explanation of main idea
Concise expression
Referring to the writer
Q6.
Match the idea about Henry and Joan's magical room with the most appropriate quotation.
Correct Answer:Safe and reassuring place,"comforting"

"comforting"

Correct Answer:Beautiful place,"golden"

"golden"

Correct Answer:Powerful place,"intensify"

"intensify"