Teaching slides for 0522 iGCSE prep Jan 2014

1. Question 2:
Demonstrating an understanding of how a writer creates
effects through their word choices

2. The girl walked down the street,
holding her bag
Starter:
Can you create your own effects?
All of you will be able to edit
the phrase to demonstrate the
effect you have been given
Most of you will be able to
identify which effect another
member of the class was going
for and why.
Some of you may be able to
use punctuation or grammar
changes to support the effect
you are going for.
Fear
Happiness
Sadness
Loneliness
Power

3. Introduction:
Question Two is all about looking
at the effect of words in a
paragraph.
 Four words or phrases per
paragraph
 Connotations & meanings!
 Unusual or interesting language
only please!
 Focus on the word in context, not
other meanings it may have…
 No long quotes (3/4 words max)
 Overall summative statement on
the effect of the paragraph.
Student Task:
Practise this… using the other
person’s work, which you
were given, write a very brief
summary.
1. What was the overall
effect?
2. How did their language
choices support this? What
do their words make them
think of.

4. Got it?
Look at these words from the first selected paragraph. Which four
would you pick?
Volcano walkers
Mouth of the crater
Lowered in a basket
Depths of the earth
People once thought
that volcanoes were
portals to Hell
Awe-inspiring
Almost ethereal
vastness
Size of three full sized
basket ball courts
Size of a cathedral
Human beings appear
ant-like

5. Writing the comment
“Mouth of the crater”
creates the effect of fear as
the word ‘mouth’ implies
that the tourists are being
swallowed or consumed by
the volcano. It conveys the
sense of fear the tourists
would have and that the
volcano may awaken at any
moment.
Your task:
Pick another one of the
phrases from the paragraph,
and explain the effect.
Other words to use…
suggests…
creates the image of…
Evokes a mood/feeling of…
Signifies…
Depicts….
Reinforces…
shows…
reminds the reader of…
implies…
infers…
indicates…

6. Got it?
Lets try it from scratch
1. Draw a square
round the
paragraph.
2. Pick out four
powerful words
or phrases
3. Next to each
one, note a
linked word
(what does it
make you think
of in that
context?)
4. Write each one up,
thinking about
connotations and
associations
5. End with a
summative
statement .
Overall the effect
of the paragraph is
to….

7. Great Work! The general effect suggests that the crater is
a work of art, carefully crafted by an artist. A place of stunning beauty and
power.
“scorched with colours” – sounds like an artistic technique but also refers to the heat
that the crater has endured during the volcano eruption.
“magma pushed out with brutal force” – refers to the power of the eruption and
violent action which formed the crater and the colours.
“Mother Nature’s Secret Place” – nature is personified here and this image suggests
that she hides here. The image alludes to the crater being private/secret/a retreat and
very special.
“Her private art studio” – again personifying nature. This time the image indicates that
Mother Nature is proud of her work on the walls, the colours and patterns/formations. It
makes it sound like the crater was a deliberate creation not just an accident and that
nature is proud of what it has created.
“Tapestry of patterns and formations” – continues the ‘art’ theme and suggests that
there is great skill involved in creating such amazing work.
“moulded by heat, pressure and time” – the word “moulded” suggests it has been
deliberate and painstaking. The word links to the artist theme.
“sparkle” – magical word. At appears that the ‘artist’ has created a deliberate gloss
through the rain dripping into the crater, even that does not seem a coincidence but the
work of a creator.
“glowing red with fiery heat” – links back to the force and power of the volcano.

8. Band mark!

9. Exit Slip
 I can identify interesting, powerful and unusual words or
phrases
 I can explain what they make me think of
 I can use the connotations of words to explain what effect
they create
 I can make a concluding comment on each paragraph,
summing up what the overall effect is.