Can I identify writer’s effects?

Can I use them in my own writing?

Last week we talked about synonyms - can you think of as many synonyms as you can for:

• POWER:

• Average – 3

• Good - 4

• Challenge – 5 or more?

Some words are STRONGER than others

Strong

Muscular

Solid

Tough

Athletic

Ripped

Robust

• Which of these words is the MOST powerful?

• Which is the LEAST?

We are going to think about words about power – how writers create effect with language

- have a go at this yourself

• Why?

• iGCSE and GCSE both include writing about writer’s effects

The falling wall

As we read the text, think about

• Exciting?

• Soothing?

• Thrilling?

• Relaxing?

• Entertaining?

• Informative?

• Or something else?

What is the effect on the reader?

In groups you have one section of the text to look at

Key skill – select quotes• Choose quotes that show

POWER

Next – for the quotes that have been selected:

Key skill – WRITE ABOUT• WHY are these quotes

effective?

• Hints - how does the writer use• ADJECTIVES?

• METAPHORS

• NOUNS?

ZOOM IN

WRITER’S EFFECTS

Writers create effects by• Using powerful language

Practice – using powerful language

Corbin, Louise, Kyle• You are going to be the three

surviving firemen

• - read the text again to prepare to answer questions about your experience

• CHALLENGE – using strong language to explain the experience

Everyone else• You are going to be

reporters and ask questions

• Everyone is to ask a question – prepare your question on the whiteboards

Practice – you are going to write your own article based on ‘The falling wall’

• A huge fire engulfed council offices in Oxfordshire during a spate of suspected arson attacks involving gas canisters that badly damaged two other buildings.

• A man has been arrested over the three blazes, which also damaged a funeral parlour and a thatched cottage.

• A car ploughed into South Oxfordshire District Council's building in Crowmarsh Gifford, causing huge damage.

• Gas canisters were found at all three fire sites as well as the home of the 47-year-old suspect in Roke.

• Police said links between the three fires at the council building, the nearby funeral parlour and the cottage in Rokemarsh, were under investigation.

Practice – in pairs you are going to write your own article based on ‘The falling wall’

• A huge fire engulfed council offices in Oxfordshire during a spate of suspected arson attacks involving gas canisters that badly damaged two other buildings.

• A man has been arrested over the three blazes, which also damaged a funeral parlour and a thatched cottage.

• A car ploughed into South Oxfordshire District Council's building in Crowmarsh Gifford, causing huge damage.

• Gas canisters were found at all three fire sites as well as the home of the 47-year-old suspect in Roke.

• Police said links between the three fires at the council building, the nearby funeral parlour and the cottage in Rokemarsh, were under investigation.

• Rules : it must be:1. In the third person

2. Have at least six sentences

3. Use strong language for effect

4. Use facts (from the article and made up)

5. Use eye witness accounts

Practice – in pairs you are going to write your own article based on ‘The falling wall’

• Swap:

• Did the paragraph use the rules opposite – write the number when you have seen the rule being used.

• Come up to the board and write down the strongest word or phrase your paragraph has used.

• Rules : it must be:

1. In the third person

2. Have at least six sentences

3. Use strong language for effect

4. Use facts (from the article and made up)

5. Use eye witness accounts