Narrative revision checklist

Revise techniques website, techniques handoutTake a look through the techniques handout and check you know each of them. Discuss any with your peers/ tutor/ on the Twitter page/ website.

Review last assessment notes from last time, copy of feedback (emailed or paper based)Read feedback from your last assessment. Highlight the main improvements and consider with peers and tutor how those can be achieved.

Plan your response website, guide to writing a narrative, thesaurus, paper, penSTEP 1- Identify the 5-6 steps in your story.STEP2- Think of techniques that can be used in each paragraph.STEP3- Write your response and use a thesaurus throughout to develop your vocabulary.

Marking mark schemes, website, paper, coloured pens, highlightersRead through the mark schemes and use to assess your own essays and others.Split an A4 sheet into two and note down the plus points and improvements provided by the mark scheme. Once you’ve noted everything down- can you spot any patterns? Do you do any of those things (good/ bad)?

SPG and Proofreading website, mats, handouts, essaysUse mats when checking your work to determine areas of proofreading you need to focus on. Use the SPG resources on the website to help you.

The questions:

The Test

Appearing on Stage

Write a story beginning with the words: ‘She realised it was a mistake as soon as she turned the corner.’

Only my Mum could embarrass me like that!

Hero

TECHNIQUESMetaphors Stating that something is something else (usually using to be/ to have)

Her heart was a safe, locked and bolted with the combination hidden.He had the glittering eyes of a tiger that gazed at her with burning desire.

Similes Making a comparison with something else (usually using as/ like)He was as fast and agile as a panther.She looked like a cream puff in her wedding dress.

Personification Bringing an object alive by giving it a human quality/ actionThe tree stood with strength and pride.The river ran along the riverbed.

Onomatopoeia Words that are spelt the way they soundBuzzcrunch

Alliteration The same consonant sounds are repeated at the start/ middle/ end of wordsThe broth bubbled and boiled.

Sibilance ‘s’ is repeated at the start/ middle/ end of wordsHe sat outside in the summer, with the scent of snapdragons and strawberries.

Assonance The same vowel sounds are repeated at the start/ middle/ end of words“And stepping softly with her air of blooded ruin about the glade in a frail agony of grace she trailed her rags through dust and ashes, circling the dead fire, the charred billets and chalk bones, the little calcined ribcage.”

Modifiers Adjectives- used to describe nouns (things, people and places)Adverbs- used to describe verbs (actions)Vary these and use words that aren’t ordinarily used. Use a thesaurus!