Reading ‘The Twisted Tree’: Mormor’s letter
I can explore the importance of letters; how they relay important information and affect the characters emotionally.
Reading ‘The Twisted Tree’: Mormor’s letter
I can explore the importance of letters; how they relay important information and affect the characters emotionally.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Stig and Martha have dinner, but are interrupted by a guttural howl outside.
- Martha finds a letter from Mormor that tells her she also can feel emotions through clothes.
- Mormor tells Martha that she must continue to water the tree in the garden.
- Letters are an effective method to relay important information in a novel and explore a character's feelings.
Common misconception
Letters are only used in novels to drive the plot forward.
Letters can also give a reader an insight into a character's thoughts and feelings, as well as background information. They can also be used as an effective way to create dramatic irony.
Keywords
Putrid - a foul smell from rotting matter
Devouring - eating food or prey hungrily and quickly
Emanating - emitting or spreading from something
Superstition - a widely held but irrational belief in a supernatural influence or practice
Sacred - connected with god or regarded with great respect
Equipment
You will need access to the text 'The Twisted Tree' by Rachel Burge, published by Hot Key Books, 2019.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
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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