WALT: text mark a setting description and create word banks - PowerPoint Presentation

1. WALT: text mark a setting description and create word banksWhat language features might we find in a setting description?

2. Stepping forward, I began my journey along the sands; idyllic, white and fresh. A small wave washed across the sand dissolving the remaining footprints of its inhabitants. The sun unveiled an invisible blanket of warmth around me. The clear blue waters reflected the grandiose of the majestic sky. The seagulls, the blue-green sea, the clouds, everything around me appealed to me. Frolicking birds chasing round and round in circles. I watched from my viewpoint on the white sandy beach, as the captains of each ship slowly stepped on to dry land, like aliens landing on a strange planet. What setting is being described here?

3. Standing in the shadows of the rainbow coloured rubble, colourless stones pilled one on top of the other forming walls. Overbearing and grand, the boundaries separated the youth from the rest of Joya’s society. The bustling sound of children pilling in through the metal gates, fearing for the bell, reverberates through the surrounding streets. Snarling comments and sideways glances narrowed down to a single child as the repetition of feet pound the concrete floors. It is the start of the day. A heave of the cast- iron gates sets hearts racing and speeds up the early morning stampede through the momentous school lobby. Orderly filing like ants carrying food back to their nest, children scurry into classes holding led-baring pencils and piles exercise books with an aura of enthusiasm mixed with perpetuated fear. Metal chairs scratch the wooden floor. Wooden tables clatter to the beat of pencils. The chatter of children hummed down to a studious silence….personificationsimilemetaphorEmbedded clausedouble adjective/verbemotive language

4. So far in our books, what settings have been described?What setting is being described?How is it being described?What senses are being used?

5. The Governors house How many ways can we describe this?

6. The Governor's House Simile Metaphor Personification What does it do?How does it make you feel?

7. Description Noise touchtasteSmells What can you see

8. Plenary Compare your bubble map to someone else’s.Can you magpie two things from theirs and add them to yours.

9. WALT: Use appropriate prepositions for the effect On your whiteboards can you list as many prepositions as you can?

10. What effect do prepositions add to our writing?Through the towering gates which lined the pavements stood a grand mansion which was home to the Governor. Across the lawn, extravagant windows positioned themselves onto hard stone walls.

11. What about this paragraph?Under sat the flowers on the perfectly cut lawn. During the evening stampeed, was the sound of buckets and mops polishing the wooden floors marking the beginning of the day.

12. Can you match the preposition to the actionThe football went__________ the goal._____ the crowds of people, you could see empty seats. _______ break we have music AfterInto Through

13. Say what you see…

14. Activity

15. Prepositions

16. WALT: Use description for effect What is the point of a setting description?

17. These are the same settings described differently. What is the mood of each description?How has the author done it?As I stood, gazing at the dilapidated house. I shivered, as though, ice had replaced my spine. The cold air enveloped the entire body. The multiple layer of clothing could not protect against the deathly cold. The walkway leading up to house were cracked. Weeds and dandelions poked out from these cracks. Red roses grown wildly in thick batches by the gate. The moonlight cast a ghoulish glow on the house. Vines formed a twisted maze upon the side of house, reaching their tentacles towards the roof. The house's walls showed black decay by neglect. Splotches of original paint hinted at the house former prosperity. Cobwebs covered the corners of the doors, tiny black spiders threading towards their prey. The house is fit for the kings and queens of the supernatural.The house was welcoming from the open door to the wide hallway. Upon the walls were the photographs of children, so obviously so loved. The floor was an old-fashioned parquet with a blend of deep homely browns and the walls were the greens of summer gardens meeting a bold white baseboard. The banister was a twirl of a branch, tamed by the carpenter's hand, it's grain flowing as water might, in waves of comforting woodland hues. Under the lamp-shine it was nature's art, something that soothed right to the soul

18. As the sun rose of the blanketing the scurrying insects, enormous trees loom up to the sky, lush vegetation, ferns and fungi thrust up from the forest floor, and vines and lianas curl around the tall trunks, reaching eagerly towards the high canopy. Buttress and stilt roots sprawl across the shallow soil. Orchids burst into incredible swirls of colour and form, frogs and butterflies flaunt vibrant hues, emerald snakes glisten, parrots soar in a blaze of orange, scarlet, blue and green while hummingbirds probe exotic flowers for nectar. Toucans and birds of paradise add to this amazing colour spectrum. A myriad of plants and animals find their own special niche in this kaleidoscope of life and energy.  What does the author want the reader to feel?How have they created this atmosphere?

19. Like the beam from a powerful torch, a single, bright light suddenly cut through the sky. Then another appeared, which was a beautiful, luminous green colour. After a while, thousands of tiny lights were shooting across the vast sky, like microscopic, silent rockets.

20. As soon as the lightning struck the tree, the world became illuminated. The fire licked the bottom of the trunk like a hungry kitten with a saucer of milk. It was gentle at first – playful, almost. The flowing embers leaped and twirled in a fiery dance… growing, growing, growing. Fire flickered, flared, flicked and spat a fountain of sparks into the night sky. Slowly, the sharp, intense smell of ash lingered in the air and embers began to shower from the sky like iridescent snow flakes. Like a great, hungry serpent, great plumes of smoke wound itself around the tree, which appeared as a silhouette surrounded by a sea of flame. Long licks of red and orange light stretched out further and further, as if to grab hold of the next victim in its path…

21. Activity – Can you rewrite this setting description to appear more magical and mysteriousThe forests were green. Tall tees stood on top of brown dirt which covered the forest floor. Quietly and peacefully, wind moved the leaves from side to side. It was clear to watch: brown bark circulating the tree trunk; branches like fingers reaching out; and pointy leaves as soft as a pillow. The roots came out of the ground. Creatures big and small walked along the paths, weaving in between the ever-green forest. Pinewood smells could be smelt. Rough bark and crunching leaves could be felt under foot. Tastes of faint cooking in the distance danced between the trees.

22. Plenary Pick 2 sentences in your re-written description.Can you explain the changes you have made to make it seem more unusual and mysterious?Why did you do it like this?

23. WALT: uplevel a setting descriptionFar below where the golden sun shimmered on the surface; deeper than the rainbow coral; beyond the darkest of caverns stood the most glorious of all sights.Like golden shards from heaven, beams of light sliced through the darkness to reveal a myriad of colours. Plants, all neatly placed in organised rows waved at the passing traffic: shoals of silver fish; scuttling, red crab; lumbering purple squid and, of course, the daughters of Triton.What is this setting description describing? How is the author creating the effect?

24. Flags waved in the winds, framing the black door. Can we uplevel this sentence?

25. Maids and servants banged their equipment as they began their morning chores.How can we uplevel this sentence?

26. The smell of freshly baked bread poured through the iron metal gates. How can we uplevel this sentence?

27. Activity – Can you uplevel this paragraph in your booksDuring early morning rush, maids and servants made a bang with their tools. The early morning scent of baked bread and roasted coffee moved out onto the lawn. Swaying and swishing, flowers moved to the rhythm of the morning routine. White and silver wallpaper lined the long hallways which had vases and flowers. It was clean: hoovered carpets and swept floors; beds made with nice bedsheets; and curtains hung from the ceiling neatly. As you could hear the piano playing above the clatter, the keys smooth under the fingers of the music man, clitter clatting of heels running towards to governor echoed in tune. Grand windows pointed towards his study which sat at the end of the white and silver hallway. As shiny as gold, the door handle opened into shelves of books and an old wooden desk which smelt of ivory.

28. Plenary Can you peer edit your partners. Spot what they have added in. What effect has this had on their writing?

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