Analysing a dramatic description of an event
I can explain my response to a text and identify how imagery is used both descriptively and thematically.
Analysing a dramatic description of an event
I can explain my response to a text and identify how imagery is used both descriptively and thematically.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A dramatic account is likely to be full of emotion, danger and conflict.
- We expect an account of an event to be fact based and significant.
- When talking about our response to a text, it is important to reference details and explain how it affected us.
- Analysing language means looking at what it suggests.
- We an also link the writer’s choices to the wider themes and ideas.
Common misconception
Students may think that Lee's account is true of all North Koreans.
Draw attention to the fact the book is a memoir. It is personal and about what she recalls and what she felt. The context helps us appreciate her own experience.
Keywords
Memoir - a first person written record of a person's own life and experiences
Autocratic - demanding that people obey completely, without asking or caring about anyone else's opinions
Surveillance - the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army
Encroaching - the act of gradually taking away someone else's rights, time, work or privacy
Equipment
You will need access to the book 'The Girl with Seven Names' by Hyeonseo Lee.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
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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