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Phase 1: It is a 1-to-4 class. 1 Lesson Content: The Bight by Elizabeth Bishop Key Objectives: To learn or recap and consolidate basic figurative language Vocabulary and grammar: Simile, metaphor, alliteration, repetition, etc Homework: Practise the techniques - picture paragraph 2 Lesson Content: A Coat by William Butler Yeats Key Objectives: To learn or recap and consolidate advance figurative language Vocabulary and grammar: Consonance, assonance, sibilance, allusion, symbolism, pathetic fallacy, etc Homework: Practise the techniques 3 Lesson Content: Variety of example structures Key Objectives: To learn how to structure a short story Vocabulary and grammar: Paragraph, sentence, simple, complex, compound, Gothic Homework: Planning a short story 4 Lesson Content: Examples Key Objectives: To learn how to structure a piece of descriptive using Distance Vocabulary and grammar: Zoom, close up, hover Homework: Planning a Distance piece 5 Lesson Content: Examples Key Objectives: To learn how to structure a piece of descriptive writing using time Vocabulary and grammar: Past, present, future. Homework: Planning a time piece 6 Lesson Content: Extract from The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Key Objectives: To learn how to create mood Vocabulary and grammar: Mysterious, suspenseful, tense, sad, sorrowful, gloomy, dark, etc Homework: Mood paragraph 7 Lesson Content: Variety of short story beginnings Key Objectives: To learn how to begin a piece of creative writing Vocabulary and grammar: Mood, Tone, Setting, Character, Context 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. 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: Hints and tips document Key Objectives: To learn how to write a Grade 9 standard GCSE English Language Answer and consolidate prior learning Vocabulary and grammar: Consolidation of everything covered Homework: Writing a short story