Describe NOT tell!
A short story must immediately pull the reader
out of their world and drop them into the world
of the story. There’s little time for setup. We
begin when everything but the action is over—at
the edge of the cliff.
The structure of a
narrative text
My assessment guide...
Task: Word bank as many potential 'plot-storyline' ideas for Alchemist's letter
The prologue is narrated by a small girl, the main story is told in the form of a letter read by The Alchemist, Nicholas, played by John Hurt, to his son Verideon.
As he reads the letter we see the son exploring his estranged father's workshop. The machinery is beautiful and filled with its creators strongest and most precious memories. We find out that the Alchemist abandoned his family and subsequently regretted it.
It is with this regret that Nicholas sabotages his own machine and Verideon decides not to use the machine for his own gains. Verideon heeded his father's words and returned home to his daughter - to make more memories.
The machine burns memories as fuel, describe which memories the children would burn first. Which memories would you want to save the most and why?
Why did the machine break? What matters more than gold?
Narrative text writing
Write a description of the opening scenes. Describe the outside of the cottage and compare with the inside.
Rewrite the story as a narrative using a range of narrators.
Write a description of the machine, painting a picture with words and showing the sense of awe that that Verideon has.
As he reads the letter we see the son exploring his estranged father's workshop. The machinery is beautiful and filled with its creators strongest and most precious memories. We find out that the Alchemist abandoned his family and subsequently regretted it.
It is with this regret that Nicholas sabotages his own machine and Verideon decides not to use the machine for his own gains. Verideon heeded his father's words and returned home to his daughter - to make more memories.
The machine burns memories as fuel, describe which memories the children would burn first. Which memories would you want to save the most and why?
Why did the machine break? What matters more than gold?
Narrative text writing
Write a description of the opening scenes. Describe the outside of the cottage and compare with the inside.
Rewrite the story as a narrative using a range of narrators.
Write a description of the machine, painting a picture with words and showing the sense of awe that that Verideon has.
Activity- building text
familiarity
Task 1: In your groups you will each receive a copy of the mentor text called 'The Surf' this text has been cut up and your groups challenge is to see if you can reconstruct this narrative text into the correct order again.
Strongest reader to orally read the text to the group- I can help as well if needed. Hint**** remember this is a narrative text so it will follow the juicy hamburger structure. |
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