1. Unit 16: Writing to Analyse
Learning Outcome
Analyse a text and select relevant information
Prepare for an analysis by making notes
Use connectives to logically organise an analysis
Key words
Analyse, information, planning
Temporal connectives, Causal connectives

2. To examine critically – to divide into parts and examine each element.
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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Your report should include the following:
A newspaper name, headline and picture. Your writing should be set out in columns.
The facts:
What happened and when
Where it happened and how
What were the consequences
3. Why it happened – analyse the circumstances that caused the fire to spread and cause so much damage
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…

8. Using Quotations and Evidence
Learning Outcome
To find evidence from a text to support my comments
Key words
Quotation
Inverted commas

9. 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

10. Useful phrases for introducing your quotations are:-
For example…
I know this because…
This is apparent in the line…
This is shown by…

11. Useful phrases for explaining your quotations are:-
This shows…
This tells the reader that…
This makes me think…
This implies…
This suggests…

12. 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

13. Shaping Poetry : Poetry – what do we know?
TASK: In pairs buzz poetry, and record the things you know;
poetry

14. Shaping Poetry : Poetry – what do we know?
metaphor
personification
alliteration
stanza
Poem form: shape
Concrete / free verse,
Kenning, haiku
onomatopoeia
poetry
images
rhyme
assonance
sound
repetition
similes

15. 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

16. VULTURES In the greyness and ____________ of one despondent dawn
drizzle
rain
damp
mist

17. A vulture perching high on broken _______
of a dead tree
bone
twig
branch
limb

18. Yesterday they picked the eyes of a ________ corpse in a water-logged trench
rotted
swollen
bloated
decaying

19. Structuring your essay
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.

20. 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

21. Using PEE to analyse
Make POINTS about the following techniques that you have identified in the poem/film:
Beginning with a question
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:
Support your points with EVIDENCE from the text
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.

22. Conclusion:
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…
Refer back to your introduction – comment on relevant themes/context e.g. supernatural and religious beliefs.

23. 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
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