Coralline

This topic is based on the exciting and magical novel Coralline. Though this topic will focus on developing the ability to analyse text. They will explore the idea of family relationships.

They will study:

Speaking and listening – discussion skills Select and retrieve Infer and deduce Exploring the writers use of language Exploring the writers use of structure Exploring the writers viewpoints and purposes Exploring the historical and literary context of the novel as a fairytale Writing to entertain and argue in an article

Texts

Novel

Coralline – Neil Gaiman

Poems

Catrin – Gillian Clarke Presents from my aunts in Pakistan – Moniza Alvi Praise song for my mother – Grace Nichols

Non fiction

Comment articles

Assessment

How do the writers explore parent and child relationships in Coralline and one poem of your choice?

Write an entertaining article for a national teenage magazine about life as a teenager in Featherstone.