Curated Video
Planning the build-up of 'The Iron Man'
Pupil outcome: I can plan two paragraphs for the build-up of ‘The Iron Man’. Key learning points: - The purpose of the build-up is to build up suspense and excitement before the climax. - The build-up of 'The Iron Man' describes...
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Reading the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
Pupil outcome: I can summarise the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter’. Key learning points: - The climax of a story is the point in the narrative where the suspense and excitement reaches its highest point. - ‘The Firework-Maker’s...
Curated Video
Writing the climax of 'The Iron Man'
Pupil outcome: I can write the climax of 'The Iron Man' Key learning points: - The climax takes the suspense to its highest point as the Iron Man resurfaces and humanity grapples with how to respond. - Precise and ambitious vocabulary,...
Curated Video
Writing the build-up of 'The Iron Man' (part one)
Pupil outcome: I can write the first paragraph of the build-up of 'The Iron Man'. Key learning points: - In part one of the build-up, Hogarth encounters the Iron Man and tells his father, who goes out in search of the giant. - The use of...
Curated Video
Writing a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers'
Pupil outcome: I can write a section of the build-up of 'The Borrowers'. Key learning points: - In this section of the build-up, suspense is built around Arrietty setting off on her first borrowing expedition. - The use of precise and...
Curated Video
Organising our gothic writing to build tension
Pupil outcome: I can structure my piece of gothic writing to build tension. Key learning points: - It is important to create tension in Gothic writing because it keeps your reader in a state of anticipation. - Keeping the reader in a...
Curated Video
Writing the climax of 'A Christmas Carol'
Pupil outcome: I can write the climax of 'A Christmas Carol'. Key learning points: - The climax takes the suspense to its highest point as Scrooge encounters the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. - The climax is written over two paragraphs...
Curated Video
Writing paragraph one of the build up of 'A Christmas Carol'
Pupil outcome: I can write the first paragraph of the build-up of ‘A Christmas Carol’. Key learning points: - The first paragraph of the build-up gradually conveys an eerie atmosphere, building suspense for the reader. - Precise...
Curated Video
Writing a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers' (part 2)
Pupil outcome: I can write a section of the build-up of ‘The Borrowers’. Key learning points: - In this section of the build-up, the suspense heightens when Arrietty encounters the eye of a human “bean”. - The use of precise and...
Curated Video
The creation of suspense in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
Pupil outcome: I can identify the methods used by Poe to create suspense. Key learning points: - The narrator in the story is extremely hubristic, unreliable and unpredictable because he is delusional. - Poe uses the hubristic and...
Wonderscape
Mastering Foreshadowing: Crafting Suspense in Storytelling
This video focuses on the literary technique of foreshadowing, a method by which writers subtly hint at events to come, building suspense and engagement in their narratives. It highlights examples from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Theme of British Society
How is 1920s Britain relevant to our modern-day experiences? Can we learn anything from life as it was back then?
It turns out that post-World War One British society holds many important truths for modern audiences. In this lesson,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Gerrig - Experiencing Narrative Worlds
Richard Gerrig, Ph.D. graduated from Stanford University. He is currently a Professor, Cognitive Science at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Gerrig's research focuses on several theoretical issues in psycholinguistics...
Curated Video
KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Writing: Writing for Impact Part 2 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Primary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners and skilled teachers. Ideal for ages 9-13, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Flying Through Film - Cinematography (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
In this second lesson, we’ll take you through the bread and butter of filmmaking – cinematography. Filmmakers use an arsenal of techniques, including shots, angles and camera movements to influence viewers’ emotions. Language...
Englishing
ESL - The Structure of a Short Story - (including plot diagram)
What is a short story? and What do we need to write one?. These are some of the questions Mr. P. will answer regarding short stories. He will first start the lesson by introducing the elements of a short story. Then, he will focus on the...
Englishing
ESL - Literary Devices: Foreshadowing and Flashback
Foreshadowing and flashback are literary devices often taught together. They refer to events at specific times in a story. Mr. P. will explain why they are so important in narratives and how they are used. This lesson is designed for...
Curated Video
Merry Christmas First Day First Show Public Review: Katrina Kaif, Vijay Sethupathi, Sriram Raghavan
Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi starrer Merry Christmas released on January 12. ETimes reached out to the audiences to get their review on this Sriram Raghavan directorial. Here's what they had to say!
Curated Video
Titan and the trawler: Whose lives matter? | #AJOPINION
Comparing the level of interest in the Titanic tourist submersible with the hundreds of people who drowned off Greece.
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Co-stars Cobie Smulders and Ben Foster on their Canadian thriller, Sharp Corner
Actors Cobie Smulders and Ben Foster share why Sharp Corner was an alluring project and talk about their experience filming in Halifax.
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Maharashtra New CM Announcement: Devendra Fadnavis To Be Next Maharashtra Chief Minister: PTI
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister on December 5, News agency PTI reported Wednesday. The final decision to confirm Fadnavis's name as the chief minister of India's richest...
Bloomberg
Macron Expected to Name New French PM Soon
French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister on Friday morning via a statement, his office said on Thursday evening. Even once the president names a new premier, he or she will still have to form a government....
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Spinning time-lapse of night sky over Eastern Anatolian valley
Spinning time-lapse of night sky over Eastern Anatolian valley