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Phase 2: It is a 1-to-3 course. 1 Lesson Content: Exemplar material Key Objectives: To know what makes an effective piece of descriptive writing. To expand vocabulary Vocabulary and grammar: Improving and extending vocabulary Homework: Understanding the techniques 2 Lesson Content: Figurative language Key Objectives: To identify and use figurative language Vocabulary and grammar: Simile, metaphor, alliteration, repetition, etc Homework: Practising the techniques 3 Lesson Content: Ambitious figurative language Key Objectives: To identify and use ambitious figurative language Vocabulary and grammar: Consonance, assonance, sibilance, allusion, symbolism, pathetic fallacy, etc Homework: Using weather to create a positive mood & negative mood 4 Lesson Content: Five paragraph structure using GCSE past paper questions Key Objectives: To learn how to structure a piece of descriptive writing Vocabulary and grammar: Setting, positioning, advancing, arriving, leaving Homework: Planning a five-part piece 5 Lesson Content: Writing a first paragraph using plan to help Key Objectives: To complete and edit a paragraph piece of descriptive writing Vocabulary and grammar: Personification, simile, metaphor, juxtaposition, symbols, adjectives Homework: Finish paragraph 6 Lesson Content: Five paragraph narrative structure Key Objectives: To learn how to create mood and structure a short story Vocabulary and grammar: Using descriptive language Homework: Planning a short story 7 Lesson Content: Variety of short story beginnings Key Objectives: To learn how to begin a piece of creative writing Vocabulary and grammar: Puzzling, questioning, in media res etc. Homework: Writing a first paragraph 8 Lesson Content: Variety of short story endings Key Objectives: To learn how to end a piece of creative writing Vocabulary and grammar: Resolution, conclusion, cliffhanger Homework: Writing a last paragraph 9 Lesson Content: Variety of sentence structures. A sound of thunder by Bradbury Key Objectives: To learn how to vary sentence structure for effect Vocabulary and grammar: Simple, complex, compound sentences Homework: Writing a varied paragraph 10 Lesson Content: Editing Key Objectives: To learn how to edit a GCSE English Language answer to a higher standard Vocabulary and grammar: Consolidation of knowledge Homework: SPAG and sentence structure