Starter quiz
- Which of these is a key element of describing a malevolent character?
- a detailed description of physical appearance
- only focusing on their actions
- using a variety of verbs and adjectives ✓
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- Why is it important to use sensory imagery in your writing?
- to engage the reader and create a vivid picture ✓
- to extend your writing to make it more detailed
- to help improve dialogue
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- What does 'TiPToP' stand for in paragraphing?
- Time, Place, Theme, Plot
- Time, Place, Topic, Person ✓
- Text, Place, Topic, Paragraph
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- What is one reason to slowly reveal information about a character?
- to build suspense and intrigue ✓
- to make the reader continue reading
- to help with paragraphing
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- How can tone be developed in a story?
- through word choice and descriptions ✓
- by focusing only on dialogue
- by ignoring character emotions
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- Why is it important to plan your writing?
- to predict what you're going to write before you write it
- to avoid using too many adjectives
- to ensure your writing has structure and coherence ✓
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Exit quiz
- When planning your writing, using single ______ outlines can help organise your ideas.
- 'paragraph' ✓
- Starting with the first, put the steps of a single paragraph outline in order.
- 1⇔topic sentence
- 2⇔supporting details
- 3⇔concluding sentence
- What could be included in a plan to reveal a character’s malevolence?
- directly stating the character is bad
- using sensory details and building suspense ✓
- introducing multiple characters
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- When planning dialogue, what should you focus on to reveal character traits?
- effective verbs and adverbs ✓
- sensory description
- 'show-not-tell'
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- A ______ criteria can act as an excellent guide to what you could include in your writing.
- 'success' ✓
- When you plan your writing, you should plan the ______ that you will use.
- 'vocabulary' ✓
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Key learning points
- Single paragraph outlines are a useful tool for planning writing.
- When you plan writing, you should plan the vocabulary that you will use.
- Using figurative and sensory language creates vivid description.
- A success criteria can act as an excellent guide to what you could include in your writing.
Common misconception
Some pupils think that planning isn't a helpful or worthwhile exercise.
Planning allows us to carefully consider our ideas before writing and allows us to work out what ideas work best for the task we've been given. Planning often results in a final stronger piece of work so is very worthwhile!
Keywords
Engaging - captures and keeps your interest
Plan - a proposal for something you intend to do
Structure - the organisation of your writing
Deceive - cause someone to believe something that is not true
Single paragraph outline - a way of organising your paragraph into three sections: a topic sentence, supporting detail and a concluding sentence
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