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LI: I will understand how animals have been used in war to describe historically accurate details.
AcademicVocabularySensesZoomin
PerspectiveCanineIED
Question Answer1.Whatisashortparagraphcalled?2.Whyareshortparagraphseffective?3.AreyourparagraphsAO5,orAO6?Why?4.Whatistheareabetweentwotrenchesinawarcalled?5.Intrenchwarfare,whatwastheknifecalledontheendofasoldier’srifle?
LI: I will understand how animals have been used in war to describe historically accurate details.
AcademicVocabularySensesZoomin
PerspectiveCanineIED
Question Answer1.Whatisashortparagraphcalled? Emphatic
2.Whyareshortparagraphseffective? Makesomethingstandout/changethepace.
3.AreyourparagraphsAO5,orAO6?Why?
AO5–becauseAO5iscontentandSTRUCTURE
ofyourstory.
4.Whatistheareabetweentwotrenchesinawarcalled?
NoMan’sLand
5.Intrenchwarfare,whatwastheknifecalledontheendofasoldier’srifle?
Bayonet
Prerequisite: Creative Writing - War
• Wehavelearnttheimportanceofensuringthatyoursettingisincrediblyclearwhenwritingaboutwar.
• Wehavelookedatusingthesensesandzoominginondetailstogeneratethiseffect.
• Wehavealsoinvestigatedtheeffectofusingemphaticparagraphsinourwritingtoaddtension.
War Perspectives
• Aperspectiveisapointofview.
• Mostwarstoriesarewrittenfromtheperspectiveofthesoldiers.• InWW1,itisreportedthatapproximately70millionpersonnelwenttowar.• InWW2,itisreportedthatapproximately300millionpersonnelwenttowar.
• However,itisnotjustpeoplethatprotecttheircountry.• InWW1,over16millionsanimalsserved.Theserangedfromhorses,todogs,toelephantsandpigeons.Somecountriesevenusedcamels.• Inmodernwar,dogsarestillcommonlyusedassniffer-dogs.
Task 1: How were animals used?
WatchclipAorclipBandmakedetailednoteson:• Whatanimalswereused• Whattheywereusedfor• Whatjobstheanimalhad• Howtheanimaldidtheirjob
A-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRN45tje2X0B-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHT5CGUMkAWatchclipCandmakeaquicknoteontheuseofdogsinmodernwar:C-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbUpzQ3ZytY
Horses in war
Task 2: Use your recent learning. What could you focus on to describe in this image?
Longmetalcannoncuttingthroughtheairlikearazor-sharpscythe.
Astrongthinsilverchainhangslooselyfromthecanine’sneck.Attheendof
thechain…
Comeupwithatleast10things!Getcreative!
LI: I will understand how animals have been used in war to describe historically accurate details.
AcademicVocabularySensesZoomin
PerspectiveCanineIED
ConsolidationShareyourmostdetailedanddescriptiveideaabouttheimage.Whathaveyouzoomedinon?
Break
LI: I will use ambiguity to write from an unusual and unexpected perspective.
AcademicVocabularyStructurePerspectiveAmbiguityAmmunitionCrimsonFlank
CharredShellsGallopGallantDeploy
Sofar,youhavemadenotesonhowanimalshavebeen
usedinwar.
Now,itistimetowritefromthepointofviewofoneoftheseanimalsusingyournewknowledge.
Task 3: Prerequisite: Animals in War
• Lasttime,welookedthroughthehugerangeofusesforanimalsinwar:whatanimalswereused,howtheywereusedetc.
ReviewQuestion–whatanimalswereusedandhow?• Today,wearegoingtoattempttowritefromtheperspectiveofoneoftheseloyalsoldiersusingambiguity.
Task 4: War Vocabulary
• Butfirst,weneedtostartbuildingupabankofappropriatewarvocabulary. Word DefinitionAmmunitionCrimsonFlankCharredShellsGallopGallantDeploy
Useanonlinedictionarytofindoutwhatthesewordsmeanifyouarenotsure.
Task 5: An Unexpected Perspective
• Today,wewilllookatstructuringourstorytorevealinformationslowly.Thisshouldhopefullyhelpshockthereaderattheend!
Task–Writethequestionsandanswertheminyourbooks(10mins)1. Whatthestoryisaboutandwhatisthemaincharacter?(Nomorethana
3lineanswertoshowthatyouhaveunderstood).2. Whatcluesaretherethatthemaincharacterwasananimal?3. Whatistheeffectoftheemphaticparagraph?4. Whatmakesthewriting‘ambiguous’?
Read“Abandoned”storyfromthewebsite.
Thisstoryhasaveryinventivestructureasthe
cluesarestructured
throughoutverycleverly.
Also,wedon’tfindoutthatitis
fromtheperspectiveofahorseuntilthe
end.
Ambiguous Writing
• Nevertellthereadereverythingstraightaway.
• Show,don’ttell.
• Usewordsanddescriptionsthatkeepthereaderguessingatfirst.
• Let’shaveagoatwritingastoryinthestyleoftheonewehavejustread–ambiguousuntiltheend.
SomeIdeas:AlosthorseAdogsearchingforbombsAnelephantluggingaweaponAnunconsciousdogwhowakesupwithnoonearoundAhorsethatischargingintobattle
Task 6: Write a story from the point of view of an animal at war.
SuccessCriteria:Useyournewvocabulary
ZoominondetailsUseyoursenses
Don’trevealtheperspectivestraightaway
Planning:• Thinkaboutyourstoryfirst!• Whatanimalareyougoingtouse?• Howwillyouputcluesin?• Whatwillbethetensepartofyour
story?
LI: I will use ambiguity to write from an unusual and unexpected perspective.
AcademicVocabularyStructurePerspectiveAmbiguityAmmunitionCrimsonFlank
CharredShellsGallopGallantDeploy
Consolidation
Takeacolouringpencilandcolourin:- Examplesofnewvocabularythatyouhaveused- Anyexampleofanewtechniquethatyouhaveused!