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Junior English Information Evening
About me…Assistant Head of
English & Associate Dean of
Curriculum Innovation
Sam Lobascher
Fifth year at TSS
Bachelor & Masters in Education
Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure
Term 1 – Novel Study and Analytical Writing
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
Text The Diary of Anne Frank
Class text (eg: The Old Man & the Sea)
Class text(eg: The Outsiders)
Analytical Focus
Habits of Mind
Habits of Mind
Text Transformation
Text Construction Focus
General essay structure
Perfect Paragraphs (structure and variation)
Persuasive Essay
Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure
Term 2 – Narrative Writing
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
Genre Fantastic Worlds: myths, legends, fairytales
Horror: gothic vs modern horror
Teen Lives: coming of age & loss of innocence
Text Construction Focus
Narrative structure
Developing tension
Subverting narrative structure
Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure
Term 3 – News Reports and Feature Articles
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
Genre News reports and television news
Human interest feature articles
Analysing journalism
Text Construction Focus
News report structure
Eliciting emotional response
Revealing silences and positioning
Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure
Term 4 – Poetry and Shakespeare
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
Genre Poetry Poetry Shakespearean excerpts
Text Construction Focus
Performance poetry
My favourite poem: text reflection
Text analysis
Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure
Language Skills Program
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
Spelling and vocabulary
Spelling and vocabulary
Spelling and vocabulary
Language Skills
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Capital letters, Punctuation
Parts of a sentence; sentence construction; sentence types
Paragraphing, persuasion, symbolism, word play
Essay Structure
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Introduction1. Who sentence
2. What sentence
3. Thesis
4. Main ideas
According to Guardian film critic Andrew Pulver, there are a range of difficulties faced when transforming a novel into film. Pulver explores this in his review of the film version of the Nick Hornby novel A Long Way Down. Based upon Pulver’s critique, it is obvious that novels should not be turned into films. The text to film adaptation process is riddled with difficulties. Pulver notes that the sanitised expectations of a film audience differ from those of literary consumers. Similarly, the film medium faces limitations, primarily regarding length, that the novel medium does not. In suburban multiplexes, texts are also re-shaped to fit the structural simplicity of film.
Who What Thesis Main Ideas
Body Paragraphs
T – topic sentence states, specifically, the main idea of the paragraphE – explanation develops the main idea in detailE – evidence provides the supporting proof L –link to the overall thesis
A challenge of turning novels into films is that the film medium often simplifies the complexities of a novel. Whereas a novel has several hundred pages and the limitless capabilities of a reader’s imagination, film is limited by the visual requirements of audiences. Similarly, film audiences are likely to have certain expectations of how their ninety minutes in front of the screen will evolve; expectations that may be inconsistent with the initial author’s vision. Reviewing an adaptation of Nick Hornby’s A Long Way Down, Andrew Pulver claims it is inevitable that “a good deal of the novel’s intricacies have been ironed out.” The film version instead becomes focussed, for one-third of its length, on an aspect of the novel that is rather insignificant; however, a trip to Tenerife surely excited the movie’s producers and the dismal English audiences. Sat in the warm glow of his Macbook, Pulver is also conscious of a “headlong rush for a neat ending” – another expectation of the Event Cinemas set. Clearly, text and film are not effective bedfellows.
Topic Sentence Explanation Evidence Link
Conclusion1.Refer back to question in a neutral way
2.Restate your thesis statement using different words
3.Restate your main ideas using different words
4.Make general statement about the topic
ConclusionThe transformation of a classic novel into a film is often a contentious choice. Despite some adaptations successfully reimagining the source text, the vast majority of films negatively impact the legacy of the original novel. Films offer compromised versions of novels, often missing the subtleties of the novel. Also, films fail to engage the imagination in the same way as a text.
It is essential that literature is kept in its literary form.
Refer back to question Restate thesis Restate main ideas Finish with general statement
Conclusion
Tip 1
Tip 2Tip 3
Tip 4
Tip 5