Do Now! Do Now! Answers 1. A simile is the comparison of two things using the words 'like' or 'as’ Title: Similes • Learning Objectives: • To understand what the term simile means • To understand the rules for creating similes • To be able to create similes • To analyse the effect of similes in writing Simile https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zmfc7ty/articles/zrrhpg8 Types of narrators I Me We Us You They He She • First person narrator - A first person narrator tells the story from their own perspective using the words 'I' or 'we'. The first person narrator is part of the story, a character (normally a main character). The reader sees through the eyes of this character and knows what the character knows. • Second person narrator - The second person narrator uses the word 'you' to refer directly to the reader. In second person narrations, the reader becomes a direct participant in the story, being spoken to directly. • Third person narrator - This narration style uses words like 'he/she' to tell the story of other characters from a distant perspective. The third person narrator is not an active part in the story but is telling the story. The Hobbit - Opening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3EIHDrxBn8 The Hobbit – Opening I must confess that I have never been one for adventures. I live in a hobbit-hole, you see, a perfectly comfortable and cozy hobbit-hole. It is not like those nasty, dirty holes that are filled with the ends of worms and oozy smells, nor is it a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat. No, my hobbit-hole is a place of comfort. It has a round door, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. When you open the door, it leads you into a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel, with paneled walls, tiled and carpeted floors, polished chairs, and plenty of pegs for hats and coats. I am rather fond of visitors, you see, and this tunnel winds on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill, which all the people for many miles round call "The Hill." There are many little round doors that open out of it, first on one side and then on another. There is no need for going upstairs in my hobbit-hole, for all the rooms are on the same floor, and indeed on the same passage. The bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (I have whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens, dining-rooms, and all the best rooms are on the left-hand side (going in). They are the only ones to have windows, deep-set round windows looking over my garden and meadows beyond, sloping down to the river. I am a very well-to-do hobbit, you see, and my name is Baggins. We, the Bagginses have lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people consider us very respectable, not only because most of us are rich, but also because we never have any adventures or do anything unexpected. You could tell what we Bagginses would say on any question without the bother of asking us. But this is a story of I, a Baggins had an adventure, found myself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. I may have lost the neighbours' respect, but I gained-well, you will see whether I gained anything in the end. What’s the difference? • The audio of the opening of The Hobbit is told from what point of view? What type of narrator is narrating the story? • The story of The Hobbit, is told from whose perspective? Do you know what type of narrator is narrating the story? What different effects are created by different narrators? TASK: In your books, work with your learning partner to mind map some ideas The audio of The Hobbit The story of The Hobbit from Baggin’s perspective Feedback ideas Now, its your turn! • First person narrator • Second person narrator • Third person narrator • Write one paragraph of a story, inspired by the image on the right, using first person narrator • Then change it into text using second person narrator • Finally change it into a text using third person narrator Plenary Firstly • Swap your book with a partner. • Check that they have correctly used the three different narrators. Secondly Thirdly • Identify what your partner did well • Give your partner some feedback – what would make their writing even better ? • What does narrator mean? • What are the three types of narrator? • How can you identify the three narrators?
