Unit 16: Writing to Analyse
Learning Outcome
1. Analyse a text and select relevant
information
2. Prepare for an analysis by making notes
3. Use connectives to logically organise an
analysis
Key words
Analyse, information, planning
Temporal connectives, Causal connectives
Analyse
• To examine critically – to divide
into parts and examine each
element.
• When you write to analyse you examine
something closely and in detail. This
could be a text, a series of events or a
set of ideas. An important part of
writing to analyse is drawing a
conclusion based on your examination
Connectives
• Connectives are words or phrases that
‘glue’ the text together and link the ideas.
• Using the right connectives helps you to
organise an analysis logically.
• Connectives can be used in several
positions in a sentence or a paragraph.
Temporal Connectives – refer to
time
List examples from the text, and then add to your
list any others that you can think of.
• At that time
• After 5 years
• To begin with…earlier…before
• Next…Then
• After a few moments…After this…
• Firstly…Secondly
• Finally
• Meanwhile…during
Causal Connectives – refer to
causes or effects
List examples from the text, and then add to your list any
others that you can think of.
• Therefore
• In this way
• As a result…resulting in
• Because…because of this
• Consequently…as a consequence
• In addition
• So
• On the other hand
• Even though
Writing a News Report: The Great
Fire of London
Learning Outcome:
Report on how the Fire of London spread and
caused so much damage
Key words:
• Report
• Facts
• Quotations
• Temporal/Causal Connectives
Your report should include the
following:
1.
A newspaper name, headline and picture. Your writing
should be set out in columns.
2. The facts:
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What happened and when
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Where it happened and how
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What were the consequences
3. Why it happened – analyse the circumstances that
caused the fire to spread and cause so much damage
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Include quotations from eyewitnesses and experts
4. Use temporal and causal connectives in your writing
– highlight/underline or write in a different colour
in your best copy, e.g. To begin with… and As a
result…
Using Quotations and
Evidence
Learning Outcome
To find evidence from a text to support my
comments
Key words
Quotation
Inverted commas
• When you write to analyse you need to
refer to a text in detail
• If you copy out the exact words that a
writer has used this is known as a
quotation
• Quotations are always written in inverted
commas to show that you are using
someone else’s words
Useful phrases for introducing
your quotations are:•
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For example…
I know this because…
This is apparent in the line…
This is shown by…
Useful phrases for explaining your
quotations are:•
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This shows…
This tells the reader that…
This makes me think…
This implies…
This suggests…
Writing to Analyse: Evaluating and
Making Judgements
Learning Outcome:
By the end of the lesson I will be able to:
• Use PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explain,
Language) to analyse a poem and a film
• Evaluate how successfully the poet and
the director have created an atmosphere
of mystery and tension
Key words: analyse, evaluate, PEEL
Shaping Poetry : Poetry – what do
we know?
TASK: In pairs buzz poetry, and record the
things you know;
poetry
Shaping Poetry : Poetry – what do
metaphor
personification
we know?
alliteration
stanza
Poem form: shape
Concrete / free verse,
Kenning, haiku
onomatopoeia
poetry
images
rhyme
assonance
sound
repetition
similes
Question: How is an atmosphere of
mystery and tension created in ‘The
Listeners’ and ‘The Others’?
• Underline the key words in the question.
• What is the question asking you to do?
• THE LISTENERS.doc
VULTURES
In the greyness and ____________ of one
despondent dawn
1.drizzle
2.rain
3.damp
4.mist
A vulture perching high on broken _______
of a dead tree
1.
2.
3.
4.
bone
twig
branch
limb
Yesterday they picked the eyes of a
________ corpse in a water-logged trench
1.
2.
3.
4.
rotted
swollen
bloated
decaying
Structuring your essay
1.
Introduction: Write an opening statement explaining
briefly what kind of atmosphere are in the poem and the
film.
Example
Walter de la Mare’s poem, ‘The Listeners’, is about
ghosts, as is Alejandro Amenabar’s film ‘The Others’.
The poet and the director have used several techniques
to create an atmosphere of mystery and tension.
2. Discuss the context of the two texts and explain why they
are relevant.
Question: How well does the poet and
the director build up an atmosphere of
mystery and tension in the poem and
the film?
In this assessment my target is to
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Using PEE to analyse
Make POINTS about the following techniques that you have
identified in the poem/film:
1. Beginning with a question
2. Setting – time and place
Mise en scene/Frame
3. Language and phrases
Repetition
4. Sound and Movement
Alliteration/Sibilance/Assonance
Diegetic/Non-diegetic sound
5. Reference to ghosts
Remember to:
1. Support your points with EVIDENCE from the text
2. Develop your points by EXPLAINING and Analysing how
and/or why they create an atmosphere of mystery and
tension. This part of your analysis should be detailed.
Conclusion:
1. End with a concluding statement to sum
up how well the poet and director have
built up an atmosphere of mystery and
tension. E.g. My personal opinion is that
the poet has succeeded/has not
succeeded…
2. Refer back to your introduction –
comment on relevant themes/context e.g.
supernatural and religious beliefs.
Writing to Analyse: End of Unit Assessment
SECURE
• Use evidence to support your points. Points and evidence should be
selected from different parts of the text
• Identify the language techniques used by the writer and describe
the effect. Refer to subject terminology and poetic devices.
• Use Temporal and Causal Connectives to organise your ideas and
to link them
EXCEEDING
• Read in depth for different meanings/interpretations. Provide a
detailed and developed explanation
• Discuss the effect of subject terminology and poetic devices such
as alliteration, assonance and sibilance
• Write in a formal style and with a passive voice
• Include a conclusion to sum up your ideas
HIGHEST
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Tease out meanings and weigh up evidence
Analyse the effect of subject terminology and poetic devices
Make confident and developed interpretations of the text
Include a conclusion that evaluates how well the writer has created
mystery and tension