41 Glossary 42-43 Student Evaluation and Reflection 44 Staff Evaluation Sheet Assignment Outline and Checklist – Year 7/8 English So you want to create a picture book? Week(s) Topic / skills Tasks Check Resources 1 A selection of Reading and Identify the main features of children’s picture analysis of the picture books you have books. features of looked at. Question sheet picture books. Select your favourite picture about picture Conducting a book and answer the survey. questions about it. books. Survey several primary aged Survey questions. students about their picture Survey grid. book preferences. Analyse the results of your survey. 2 -3 Literary Devices Identifying the Complete the chart of chart. language examples of literary devices. Narrative structure features of Plot the narrative structure outlines. picture books. of a book you have read. Point of View – Identifying the Read the Humpty Dumpty narrative examples and write your Humpty Dumpty. structure of own examples of First and Narrative – ‘The stories. Third person point of view. Three Little Pigs’. Identifying the Read the version of ‘The Point of View Three Little Pigs’ provided in from which a your assignment. story is written. Discuss how a story can change depending on whose point of view is presented. 4 Characterisation Analysing how Read the section through action- characters are ‘Characterisation through notes and presented – action’ and complete the examples. showing not writing (and optional telling. drawing) tasks. Practise writing extended character descriptions.
41 Glossary 42-43 Student Evaluation and Reflection 44 Staff Evaluation Sheet Assignment Outline and Checklist – Year 7/8 English So you want to create a picture book? Week(s) Topic / skills Tasks Check Resources 1 Reading and analysis of features of picture books. Conducting a survey. Identify the main features of the picture books you have looked at. Select your favourite picture book and answer the questions about it. Survey several primary aged students about their picture book preferences. Analyse the results of your survey. A selection of children’s picture books. Question sheet about picture books. Survey questions. Survey grid. 2 -3 Identifying the language features of picture books. Identifying the narrative structure of stories. Identifying the Point of View from which a story is written. Complete the chart of examples of literary devices. Plot the narrative structure of a book you have read. Read the Humpty Dumpty examples and write your own examples of First and Third person point of view. Read the version of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ provided in your assignment. Discuss how a story can change depending on whose point of view is presented. Literary Devices chart. Narrative structure outlines. Point of View – Humpty Dumpty. Narrative – ‘The Three Little Pigs’. 4 Analysing how characters are presented – showing not telling. Practise writing extended character descriptions. Read the section ‘Characterisation through action’ and complete the writing (and optional drawing) tasks. Characterisation through action- notes and examples.