Today we are going to continue examining Chapter 29 of “A Monster Calls”.
- to consider the plot of Chapter 29
- to examine how the author build tension & suspense
- to record relevant information for Chapter 29
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“The Rest of the Fourth Tale.”
In the previous lesson we read Chapter 29.
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This is what we’ve read in Chapter 29: Conor had a conversation with the monster…
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Consider the following and share your ideas with the person next to you:
This time, what was different about the nightmare?
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How to make your writing suspenseful. (4:35 minutes)
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Writers make use of various techniques to make their writing suspenseful. Here are a few examples of techniques used to build tension:
1. detailed descriptions of the surroundings
2. clues to tantalise the reader & to keep certain things hidden
3. short, shocking sentences
4. fronted adverbials, subordinate & relative clauses to make the reader wait for an outcome
5. ellipses (…)
6. physical reactions from the character
7. appealing to the reader’s senses
8. exciting synonyms
9. similes & metaphors
10. onomatopoeia
Make an acronym or a silly sentence to help remember these 10 techniques writers use to create tension or to build suspense.
Here is an example:
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Complete the following task…
Find examples in the text (of Chapters 28 & 29) for each of the methods to build tension & suspense in column one of the table below…
SOLUTION
You may copy the following examples:
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Complete the following task…
Use the following quotes to make a tension graph:
(Simply use dots to show the quote-numbers in their relevant places on the graph. Then make the tension graph by connecting the dots.)
1. “ ‘Please,’ Conor said again. ‘I have to get back to my mum.’ ”
2. “And on the cliff’s edge, his mum.”
3. “Mum, run! Please, run !”
4. “And the fists rushed down together in a violent pounce and grabbed her, pulling her over the edge of the cliff.”
5. “And his hands caught hers.”
6. (It was the real monster)… “with real muscle, real strength, real red eyes that glared back at him and flashing teeth that would eat his mother alive.”
7. “And she began to slip from Conor’s grasp.”
8. “ ‘I’m slipping!’ his mum yelled.”
9. “And she was so heavy, impossibly so.”
10. “And his mother fell.”
POSSIBLE SOLUTION
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Remember, this is how we can record our focus for reading:
Divide a new page in your book into quadrants, add the titles (as shown below) and record your ideas about Chapter 29:
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The tasks in this section come from: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness – ppt download (slideplayer.com)
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And now for a few more questions…
Answer the following questions:
You need to use a new page in your book.
Write the headings as shown below.
(After this task you will also look at vocabulary.)
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Mark your work…
Are your answers more or less similar to these?
ANSWERS TO FOLLOW SOON
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What do the words below mean? (Use a dictionary if you get stuck…)
Click on the image below to access the thesaurus / dictionary:
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Work on your vocabulary list.
OR:
Complete the Questions on the chapters that we read today.
Comprehension Questions (arkpriory.org)
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