Junior English Information Evening

1. Junior English Information Evening

2. About me… Fifth year at TSS Assistant Head of English & Associate Dean of Curriculum Innovation Sam Lobascher Bachelor & Masters in Education

3. Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure Term 1 – Novel Study and Analytical Writing

4. Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure Term 2 – Narrative Writing

5. Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure Term 3 – News Reports and Feature Articles

6. Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure Term 4 – Poetry and Shakespeare

7. Years 7, 8 and 9 Course Structure Language Skills Program

10. Essay Structure Introduction Body Conclusion

11. Introduction • Who sentence • What sentence • Thesis • Main ideas

12. According to Guardian film critic Andrew Pulver, there are a range of difficulties faced when transforming a novel into film. Pulver explores this in his review of the film version of the Nick Hornby novel A Long Way Down. Based upon Pulver’s critique, it is obvious that novels should not be turned into films. The text to film adaptation process is riddled with difficulties. Pulver notes that the sanitised expectations of a film audience differ from those of literary consumers. Similarly, the film medium faces limitations, primarily regarding length, that the novel medium does not. In suburban multiplexes, texts are also re-shaped to fit the structural simplicity of film. Main Ideas Who What Thesis

13. Body Paragraphs T – topic sentence states, specifically, the main idea of the paragraph E – explanation develops the main idea in detail E – evidence provides the supporting proof L –link to the overall thesis

14. A challenge of turning novels into films is that the film medium often simplifies the complexities of a novel. Whereas a novel has several hundred pages and the limitless capabilities of a reader’s imagination, film is limited by the visual requirements of audiences. Similarly, film audiences are likely to have certain expectations of how their ninety minutes in front of the screen will evolve; expectations that may be inconsistent with the initial author’s vision. Reviewing an adaptation of Nick Hornby’s A Long Way Down, Andrew Pulver claims it is inevitable that “a good deal of the novel’s intricacies have been ironed out.” The film version instead becomes focussed, for one-third of its length, on an aspect of the novel that is rather insignificant; however, a trip to Tenerife surely excited the movie’s producers and the dismal English audiences. Sat in the warm glow of his Macbook, Pulver is also conscious of a “headlong rush for a neat ending” – another expectation of the Event Cinemas set. Clearly, text and film are not effective bedfellows. Link Topic Sentence Explanation Evidence

15. Conclusion • Refer back to question in a neutral way • Restate your thesis statement using different words • Restate your main ideas using different words • Make general statement about the topic

16. Conclusion Conclusion The transformation of a classic novel into a film is often a contentious choice. Despite some adaptations successfully reimagining the source text, the vast majority of films negatively impact the legacy of the original novel. Films offer compromised versions of novels, often missing the subtleties of the novel. Also, films fail to engage the imagination in the same way as a text. It is essential that literature is kept in its literary form. Restate main ideas Refer back to question Restate thesis Finish with general statement

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