WS01 - Creative responses to a poem
English, Year 8
- Written response
Annotations
1. Selects appropriate adjectives (“red and blue tunic”, “short, rusting sword”) to create clear images.
2. Experiments with a variety of sentence structures.
3. Develops the atmosphere in the second paragraph with carefully chosen vocabulary (“crouched”, “rugged, treacherous”, “cold, raging day”).
4. Uses capitalisation and an exclamation mark for effect.
5. Experiments with alliteration (“small, scared, sullen”).
6. Uses a range of sentence structures to develop ideas.
7. Uses personification to develop the character of the bird (“whispering”, “waved”).
8. Uses contrast to capture the character’s development (“outcast”, “hero”).
9. Explains how the story’s theme is represented by an extended metaphor.
10. Explains how a literary device (personification) is used to create an effect.
11. Provides examples from the narrative to support explanation and reflection.