Over the last couple of weeks Primary 6 have been learning all about how authors create effective settings.

Learning intention:

We are learning to identify how different authors create settings.

Success criteria:

I can identify the key features of a good setting.

I can identify the language used to describe a setting.

We chose 3 different extracts to study: Alice in Wonderland, The Secret Garden and Peter Pan. We selected key phrases and words that the authors used to describe their setting and evaluated how effective we thought they were. Also, we discussed the similarities and differences between the texts. Next, we are going to apply what we have learned to create a piece of writing that describes a setting from Alice in Wonderland. We will have to create our own descriptive words and phrases that suit the genre of text and the author’s style.