The Word & The Image
English II
In which we tackle descriptive writing
On our quest to perfect our writing skills, and as a preliminary to our work on short stories, we will visit Modern American Literature, and the master of descriptive writing: John Steinbeck.
We will be studying Steinbeck's most famous work: Of Mice and Men - a touching tale of the friendship between two men, set against the backdrop of the United States during the depression of the 1930s.
Learning objectives:
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recognising some stylistic features of writing such as description, effects of sentence length and carrying phonetics into fiction (sound-spelling).
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practising using these features (DIY)
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getting acquainted with a famous American writer and a classic novella
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improving essay-writing skills such as paragraphing, writing introductions and editing
Who was John Steinbeck?
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