Writing to

review

Writing
reviews
 Aims:
 To consider different audiences and
purposes in writing
 To understand the STRUCTURE and
PURPOSE of a review
A review is?

 Use your post-it note to write down

something you know about writing to
review.
 We will read them out and share them.
 Writing A Film Review

WALT: Develop our literacy skills in a practical way.

What is a review?
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Gives information
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Expresses opinion
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Gives reasons for opinion
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Provides an overall summary
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Focuses on key details
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Uses technical language (jargon)
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Uses persuasive techniques
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Written Assessment

Task:
A film review testing your WRITING:
Assessment focus:
 - write for different audiences and
purposes
 - structure texts
 - use varied sentences
Understanding TAP
When writing we must consider
the:

T
A
P
L

Discuss in pairs what each letter

T- TEXT TYPE

A- AUDIENCE

P- PURPOSE

L- LAYOUT
TEXT TYPE- WHAT are you PURPOSE- WHY has it been
being asked to write? written?
Examples include:
Examples include:
Leaflet •
to entertain
Letter •
to instruct
Newspaper article •
to inform
Advertisement •
to explain
Recipe •
to describe
AUDIENCE-
Can you think of any WHO
others? are you
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to persuade
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to review
writing for?
Types of audiences might include: LAYOUT- HOW does a text
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children look on the page? How has
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adults it been structured?
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teenagers
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parents Think about:
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older people -
Paragraphs
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friends -
Bullet points/numbers
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teachers/students; employers -
Subheadings
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Traveller/tourist -
Images/diagrams
How does the audience effect the way -
Headings
a text is written?
Reviewing together!

 Watch the video of Simon’s cat and we

are going to do a brief review of it.
 Think about the maker (Simon Tofield)
and you may want to mention what
happens.
 Did you like it? Why and or not? Try and
persuade the audience to either watch it
or not.
 Would you want to see more of Simon’s
cat?
Looking at the Harry
Potter review
 Let’s look together at a review of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
DVD.
 Can you see any opinions? Are they the
writer’s or someone else’s ?
 Does it make you want to buy the DVD?
How do we make our
writing interesting?
 What might make a reader want to read
your film review?
Top tips

 Use vocabulary specific to film writing

 Say what happens in the film
 No spoilers
 Talk about different aspects of the film
 Use a variety of adjectives and
descriptive phrases
 Finish by saying whether or not you
would recommend this film.
Choose a film to review. You could choose your
favourite film, or a film you have seen recently.

Brainstorm your chosen film, writing down as much

information as you can.
setting
Favourit Plot
e scene
charact
Dislikes
FILM ers
actors
Likes Special
effects

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Now write the first draft of your review following this structure:

1) Explain what the film is about.

- Don’t go into too much detail.
- Don’t give away the ending.
- What genre does it belong to? (horror, romance, action, etc)

2) Write about the actors.

- Who are they? What else have they been in?
- Are they believable? Do they do a good job?

3) Write about the good points of the film.

4) Write about the bad points of the film.

5) Write about your favourite part of the film.

6) Give your overall opinion of the whole film. ECW 2015

7) Finish with a star rating.

Checks

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Capital letters
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Full stops, question marks, exclamation marks
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Other punctuation
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Spelling
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Does it make perfect sense?
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Paragraphs
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Standard English
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Is it informative and clear?
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Is it persuasive?

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Sentence Forms

1. Declarative .
2. Exclamative !
3. Interrogative ?
4. Imperative . !

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Example of each
sentence forms

1. The film is 120 minutes long.

2. It was amazing!
3. Have you ever seen such a
fabulous film?
4. See it! Don’t waste another
minute.

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Word of the Week

Sensational

The film was sensational! If left me

speechless!

It was a sensational film. We will

definitely go again!

Sensational, superb, stylish.

Plenary

 Name 3 things you’ve learnt in today’s

lesson?
 Name 2 things you didn’t understand in
today’s lesson
 education
 Enough
 measure
 minute
 Picture
 Whistle
 Receive
 Qualification