Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ojaih Willow-Edwards
Welcome
Please take one of the cards on the table and write one interesting fact about yourself on it. Do not let anyone else see what you are writing! When you have finished, please give it to me.
This session:
identify what you will achieve on the course complete an initial, diagnostic or practice test agree ground rules complete initial assessments and My Learning Space
Ground Rules
Working with the people on your table. Identify 4 ground rules to make your learning experience positive this week and write them down. You can exclude your expectations of: yourself the group the tutor
Texts
short story personal statement oral history interview/ autobiographical writing essay
Assessments
Complete your BKSB assessment Complete your My Learning Space
This session:
read a short story and identify the atmosphere plan the opening to a short story write the opening three sentences of a short story identify the effect of key words
Short stories
scanning
looking for specific pieces of information rather than the meaning
Task
Scan through the text and highlight any words you would like explained in more detail.
The Summons
All was still in the forest. The last snowflakes of the sudden storm had just fallen. Everything paused.
The Summons
In the crook of a copper beech sat a man. His arms
were crossed, gloved hands folded into his lap, the right beneath to support the weight of the goshawk on his left. They had been there for a long time, as long as the blizzard lasted. Man and bird part of the stillness, part of the silence. Both had their eyes closed. Neither were asleep.
The Summons
They were waiting for the first sound. Something else to recognise that the storm had passed, be the first to stir before the next one arrived.
Paired task
What kind of tone and atmosphere do you think the author, C. C. Humphreys, is trying to create? Make a list of the words (vocabulary) he uses to create this kind of atmosphere. Highlight all the references to fear, anticipation or tension.
characters
setting
Story What happens at the start? What happens in the middle? What happens at the end?
Task
Write three possible opening sentences for your short story. Share your work with a partner and decide on the best sentence.
Homework
Homework
Write the first paragraph of a short story. It should be: between 3- 6 sentences long grab the readers attention include vocabulary that describes the atmosphere to the reader.
goshawk
Copper Beech
blizzard