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LI: I will understand how animals have been used in war to describe historically accurate details.

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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.

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CharredShellsGallopGallantDeploy

Consolidation

Takeacolouringpencilandcolourin:-  Examplesofnewvocabularythatyouhaveused-  Anyexampleofanewtechniquethatyouhaveused!