TERM – II

2021-2022

NAME :

GRADE : VIII [IGCSE]

SECTION :

SUBJECT : ENGLISH

UNIT : 2A

TOPIC :
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In this unit, you will:

● read original stories by a range of writers from different cultures and times.
● discuss the impact of visual elements in a fiction text and use visual elements in your own writing.
● analyse the use of sentence structures and the choice of text structure for effect in a fiction text
● express your own responses to the text that takes the views of others into consideration, before
incorporating these features into your own writing.
● analyse how different features can be used together to enhance meaning.
● explain the concept of ‘voice’ in a text and will demonstrate these skills in your own writing.
● recognise the distinctive voice of a particular author
● analyse how writers create interesting plot structures, striking settings and unusual narrators.
● comment on specific methods, such as creative use of punctuation.
● write your own original story to engage the reader.

Worksheet 1
The impact of structure in ‘A Hero’
Student’s Book, page 125, Q.8.
Use the grid below to plan two paragraphs about the structure of ‘A Hero’.
● In the first paragraph, analyse how the overall structure of events contributes to its impact on the
reader.
● In the second, explain why the ending makes the title of the story ironic.

Some rows of the table have been filled for you.

Paragraph 1: How the overall structure of events contributes to its impact on the reader

Structural Choice 1: Example: Impact

Describing the burglar from
Swami’s perspective.

Structural Choice 2: Example: Impact

Break in time between the burglar
being apprehended and the
community’s celebration of
Swami’s actions.

Structural Choice 3: Example: Impact

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Paragraph 2: Why the ending makes the title of the story ironic

Structural Choice 1: Example: Impact

Swami is shown to have returned

to his safe place, sleeping beside
his grandmother.

Structural Choice 2: Example: Impact

Look at the following chapter from the novel ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog
in the Night-time’ by Mark Haddon.

Chapter 2

It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs
Shears’ house. Its eyes were closed. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they
think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There
was a garden fork sticking out of the dog. The points of the fork must have gone all the way through the
dog and into the ground because the fork had not fallen over. I decided that the dog was probably killed
with the fork because I could not see any other wounds in the dog and I do not think you would stick a
garden fork into a dog after it had died for some other reason, like cancer for example, or a road accident.
But I could not be certain about this.

I went through Mrs Shears’ gate, closing it behind me. I walked onto her lawn, and knelt beside the dog. I
put my hand on the muzzle of the dog. It was still warm.

The dog was called Wellington. It belonged to Mrs Shears who was our friend. She lived on the opposite
side of the road, two housed to the left.

Wellington was a poodle. Not one of the small poodles that have hairstyles, but a big poodle. It had curly
black fur, but when you got close you could see that the skin underneath the fur was pale yellow, like a
chicken.

I stroked Wellington and wondered who had killed him, and why.
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Worksheet 2
What impression of Marseilles does Dickens present to readers?
Student’s Book, pages 128-129, Q.7 and Q.8.

Dickens uses a number of key techniques to convey the weather’s effect.

Complete this table, answering the questions in the third column.

Technique Quotations from the Effects

passage
Repeated key word or
phrase 'Staring white walls,
Staring
staring white houses,
staring white streets...'
Why has he used this
verb? How do you think
it would feel to gaze at
the places he describes?
Emphasize the unwelcome
atmosphere, and discomfort of
strangers and newcomers. Also
Emphasizes the feeling of being
observed.

Descriptions of What is the overall

particular settings in impression of these
paragraph 1 Personification: The walls stared locations?
Hyperbole: Fervid (Watery/Cold/Gentle?)
Figurative Devices Repetition: Staring
1)Imagery
2)Personification
3)Contrast
4)Internal Rhyme
5)Repetition
6)Metaphor
7)Hyperbole
8)Sibilance

Listing items, people in Who does he list? What

paragraph 2 does it tell us about
Marseilles and the
weather?

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Powerful image to end Why does he end with

the passage this metaphor? What
does it tell us about the
sun?

Use these sentence structures to write in the space below an explanation of the impression you get of
Marseilles.

Dickens uses the technique of _______________________________________________________to

describe the weather of Marseilles.

For example, he says ______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________ which gives the
reader the impression that
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Worksheet 3
Creating a memorable character
Student’s Book, page 133, Q.7.

Choose either the Poe or the Webster extract.

Use the grid below to plan an analysis of how the writer has created a memorable character.
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Comment on the tone of voice created and the particular techniques the writer has used.

Here is an example, referring to the Webster extract.

Overall, the tone of the narrative voice created by the writer is playful.

One of the techniques used to create this voice is rhetorical questions.

An example is ‘Why couldn’t you have picked out a name with a little personality?’

This creates a memorable character by showing Jerusha is not afraid to tease her benefactor.

The Tell Tale heart

Choice of text: ___________________________________________________________________________

Overall the tone of the narrative voice created by the writer is ____________________________________
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One of the techniques used to create this voice is _______________________________________________

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An example is ___________________________________________________________________________

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This creates a memorable character by _______________________________________________________

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The writer also uses _______________________________________________________________________

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For example, the narrator __________________________________________________________________

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This engages the reader with the character of the narrator by _____________________________________

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Finally, the writer ________________________________________________________________________

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For instance _____________________________________________________________________________

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This portrays the narrator as ________________________________________________________________

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Worksheet 4
Revealing character in a range of ways – Tambara and Anwuli’s story
Student’s Book, page 139, Q.9.

Use the questions below to plan your continuation of the story in response to Q.9.

1. What does Anwuli say to Tambara when she finds her sitting on the bench?

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2. How does Anwuli speak?

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3. How does Anwuli behave?

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4. What does Tambara say in response to Anwuli?

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5. How does Tambara speak?

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6. How does Tambara behave?

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7. Now highlight at least one aspect of your plan that you feel presents one of the characters in a surprising
way.

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8. Can you add any further surprising depictions to your plan?

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Worksheet 5
Using the past, present and future tenses
Student’s Book, page 141, Q.5.
Use the framework and the hints below to write your own narrative passage:
They could be normal ______________________________________________ [insert dangerous creature
in plural] but this is ____________________________________________________________________
[insert place]. More likely, they will be ________________________________________________________
[insert special kind of even more dangerous creature, in plural].

These _____________________________________________________ [insert a phrase to describe your

dangerous creatures] were _________________________________________ [use past tense to say how
they were created or how they got to this place].

They ___________________________________________________________________ [insert description

of them and the fearsome things they do, in present tense].

Most people ____________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________ [insert what happens to most people when attacked by

these creatures].

Even in people who live, the _______________________________________________________________

[insert the nasty effects of these creatures] have actually ________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________ [insert what they have

done to some people].

And there’s another thing: these ____________________________________________ [insert your

creature, in plural] will ____________________________________________________________________

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[insert some scary things that they will always do to their victims].

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Worksheet 6
Creating a main character for your story
Student’s Book, page 144, Q.3.
Use the grid below to make notes on the main character in your story.
Their role in the story
The protagonist of the story.

Appearance (should suggest what they are like)

A normal looking guy with messy hair, green eyes.

How their actions will show what they are like (for
example, do they often act without thinking?) The main character is not organized at all, but is very
witty and intelligent and can make the best out of the
situation.

How what they say will show what they are like
(How do they treat others? Are they witty? Do they The main character seems tough on the outside but
seem impatient?) would do anything to protect his friends and family.

Their challenge – for example, finding the

criminals’ hideout, or organising an escape Their challenge is to blend in
and use the machinery and language of 1880

Other challenges they must overcome – for

example, a personal fear (heights, spiders, fire …)
Other challenges they must overcome is a fear of
spiders, and the route to his escape is in a room full of
spiders.

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