War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

By H.G. Welles
Student workbook

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Contents:

Pre-reading
o Discussion questions
o Predict
Reading Activities
o Introduction
o Chapters 1 2
Amazing note taking: Chapters
o Chapters 3 4
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o Chapters 5 6
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o Chapters 7 8
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o Chapters 9 10
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o Chapters 11 12
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o Chapters 13 15
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o Plot diagram
Exam preparation
o Previous exam questions: Character
o Summative Exam: Response to texts

1-2
3-4
5-6
7-8
9 - 10
11 - 12
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Pre-reading

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Discussion Questions:
What might this mean?
What might the text
be about?

What technology was

available 120 years ago?
What as the world like
120 years ago?

What might war have been like in

1900?

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Predict:
Using the pictures below, what do you think "War of the Worlds" might be about?

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Reading Activities

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Introduction:
What kind of things do you think a Science Fiction book should have in it?

You have listened to the radio show that Orson Welles created. This caused a lot of people to panic.
Do you think that the same thing could happen today? Why / Why not?

I was not the master now, but and animal among the animals, under the power of the Martians. The
rule of man had ended.
All the Martian cylinders land in England. Why do you think that the Martians chose that country?
What country would they choose today?

Complete the following sentences by matching the beginnings and endings:

These creatures have weapons that

he had time to write.

Wells understood a great deal about

his translator

Wells was given a free place at college

While Wells recovered from an accident
Wellss first novel was
Wells fell in love with Moura Budgerd,
When Orson Wells made a radio broadcast
of The War of the Worlds
Wells lived through

human behaviour and the psychology of terror

no human being has ever known
people thought it was real and they panicked
The Time Machine
to study science
he had time to write.

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Chapters 1-2:
1. Complete the cloze activity with words from the box:
Although the people of

do not know it, they are being watched by

than Earth, is also growing

. Mars, a planet that is

with age, and the Martians want to come to Earth to live. The

Martians fire
at Earth as they begin the first stage of their
he went to the

of Ogilvy, an

. The writer of the story says one night

, and saw a flash on Mars through a

. It was a second

that the Martians had fired. A few nights later Ogilvy sees what he thinks is a
Horsell Common and he goes out to

. He discovers an enormous

that it is hollow and that there may be someone

of people comes to see the strange
Astronomer
House
Meteorite

. Ogilvy tells a

falling on

in a pit, and he realizes

and soon a great crowd

Attack
Inside
Missile

Colder
Investigate
Missiles
Telescope

Cylinder
Journalist
Object

Earth
Mars
Older

2. Are these statements about Mars true (T) or false (F) according to the book?
True

False

Mars receives half the light and heat from the sun that our world does.
Mars is younger than our world.
Life on Marss surface began a long time before this Earth cooled down.
Mars has air but no water.
Mars is getting warmer all the time
The oceans of Mars cover two thirds of its surface
The end of all life is an immediate problem for the Martians.
Martians mathematical knowledge appears to be much more developed than
ours.
A great light was seen in 1894, on the surface of Mars.
3. Read this paragraph about Chapter 2. There are 10 wrong words. Write the correct words
(a) Ogilvy was the last person to see the Thing. (b) He got up soon to find it. (c) When he found the Thing he saw
the top of the box beginning to turn. (d) He thought that someone was trying to hide and he wanted to help. (e)
The Thing was too dirty and he couldnt get his hands on it. (f) He ran to Woking and told some tourists but
nobody believed him. (g) Then he saw Henderson, the astronomer and told him the news. (h) He said that a
meteorite had landed. (i) But Henderson was deaf in both ears and he couldnt hear him. (j) After visiting the
Thing again, Henderson and Ogilvy went to the post office to send a telegram to London.

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Chapter 1 2
Character

Theme

Ogilvy:

Adventurous goes to find out about the Martians

machine

Concerned worried men might be in the machine;

goes to get help
Narrator:

Curious Hears about the dead men from Mars

and goes for a look

Impatient wanted to see what was inside the

machine

Responsible Ogilvy asks him to put up a fence to

keep people controlled

Xenophobia:

No one suspected the truth, that the Martians had

fired missiles, which were now rushing towards us
at a speed of many kilometres a second across the
great emptiness of space (p 3-4)
Climate change:

Martian planet is becoming too cold

Technology and modernisation:

Despite having an excellent telescope, the

narrator and Ogilvy still could not see the Martians
coming, no one could.
Community:

No one wants to listen to Ogilvy initially because

he looks wild

Boys and unemployed men (p6) are the first to go

to the Martians

They want to put up a fence to protect / separate

everyone

Setting

Chapter 1 sets the scene as science fiction. It talks

a lot about Mars and postulates what it might be
like. It mentions how people are only able to
observe Mars we know by this that space travel
has not been invented yet (remember the book was
written in 1898). There are a lot of scientific facts
about Mars to orientate the reader and create an
idea in their head of the climate that the Martians
are coming from. This helps to position the reader
negatively against the Martians. This is further
emphasised by describing the Martian launch as
the burning gasses that might rush out from a
gun (p2)
Violence is continued when describing the scene
where the Martians land: Earth had been thrown
violently in every direction, forming piles that could
be seen two kilometres away (p4-5)
We know how old this book is because rather than
rely on the internet to get information about the
Martians, the narrator goes to the railway station to
send a telegram. People also get their information
from printed newspapers which still had an evening
run (p7). Also, the fastest way for people (Lord
Hilton) to travel was on the train. This is because
no one had personal cars, and helicopters etc
hadnt been invented.

Style

The story starts in a pseudo-scientific form of

writing to give credence to what is being said and
make it more believable. It presents facts about
the planet Mars in a direct way to add authenticity.
The story is written in first person narration which
makes the reader think that it is authentic because
it is someone retelling events as they have
experienced them.

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Amazing note taking:

Chapter 1 2
Character
Ogilvy:

Adventurous

Theme
Xenophobia:

Concerned

Narrator:

Curious

Impatient

Responsible

Climate change:

Community:

Setting

Style

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Chapters 3-4:
1. Complete the cloze activity with words from the box:
The

opens and the

appear. Their

give them the appearance of

their round, dark bodies are similar to the bodies of

. The crowd is afraid and runs away but

later that night people come back to look again. Suddenly, an

ray from a round object above the pit

sets men and trees on fire. The writer runs away. In the pit the Martians are making
these

, and

equipped with

cylinder falls nearby in

. The

arrives and begins to shoot field guns

against the two cylinders. The writer, his wife and servant, leave their house and go to the village of
However, most people in England do not realize the
Army
Invisible

Bears
Leatherhead
Snakes

and continue to live as usual.

Cylinder
Machines
Tentacles

Danger
Martians
Woking

Heat-Rays
Second

2. Memory test:
Read Chapter 3 carefully then close the book. How much can you remember about the Martians? What do they
look like? How did they arrive? Write as much as you can.
3. Choose the correct answer:
Choose the correct word
The newspaper reports of the
Martian attacks are

frightening

unbelievable

inaccurate

The writer borrows a horse and cart

so he can

escape

attack the
martians

go home

The writer hides from the tripods in

the common

his house

Woking station

Both the writer and the soldier are

exhausted

safe

burnt

I ran crying

loudly

quietly

silently

A Martian would weigh

three

five

eight

as a child might do
times more on Earth
than on Mars.

4. Are these statements true or false?

True

False

The first thing that came out of the cylinder was a man, a little like a person on
Earth.
Ogilvy, Stent, Henderson, and others went to the pit waving a white flag.
The writers wife didnt believe what he told her about the Martians.
At night a light-ray swept around the common and the Heat-Ray followed it.
At about eleven, soldiers came, but they didnt take the situation very seriously
The milkman thought the Martians should all be killed.
5. Circle the correct words as you read Chapter 3:
a.

The Thing from Mars is the shape of a meteorite / cylinder

b.

When the lid falls onto the sand, everyone expects to see a Martian / man

c.

The big, greyish round creatures have long heads / tentacles

d.

A group of men with a white flag approach the pit because they want to talk to / kill the creatures

e.

The Martians kill many men with their ray of light / swords

f.

The writer says that he runs from the common and the fires / stillness around him

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Amazing note taking:

Chapter 3 4
Character

Theme

Narrator:

Fearful runs away from the creatures in the pit

Shocked realises that the Martians can hit his

house after they clear the college

Independent runs away even though everyone

else is running towards the pit

Panic stands still when the Martians first use the

Heat-Ray to kill everyone by the pit; Terror not only
of the Martians, but of the dark and stillness all
around me

Shame I ran crying silently as a child might do.

After I had turned, I did not dare look back

Protective gets his wife and the servant to safety

Disbelieving My terror had fallen from me like a

piece of clothing. A few minutes earlier there had
only been three things in my mind: The great size of
the night and space and nature, my own weakness
and unhappiness, and the near approach of death.
Now I was my normal self again an ordinary
citizen. The silent common, my escape, the flames,
seemed like a dream. I asked myself if these things
had really happened. I could nto believe it. (p 1112) - Unpack simile with students: naked terror
Martians:

Hostile kills everyone on the common

Focussed get on with building their machines;

dont pay any attention to the humans
Industrious -

Community:

People dont want to believe in the Martians, they

do not take them seriously
Foreignness and the other

Emphasis placed on describing what the Martians

look like to differientiate them from the humans.
Warfare

Martians have superior weapons Heat-Ray.

Humans respond with guns and cannons after
initially trying for peace. Dichotomy we want
either war or peace. If no engagement then fire.
We have to try not to kill [the Martians] if it can
possibly be avoided (p14)

Setting

We begin to see a little more of the Narrators world

when he introduces us to his wife. We see what life
was like for him that he can come home from
viewing the Martians and settle down to some red
wine under a pink lampshade. These color contrasts
the blandness of the atmosphere that the Martians
create and help the reader to see how colourful
humanity can be. Also connotations of color here.
Care free setting also where people get on with
their lives paying no attention to the Martians not
five km away from where they are. Anyone who
goes near the Martians does not come back which
would contribute to this lack of knowledge within
the wider community of what was happening.
Remember this is 1898 so no cell phones or FB etc

Style

Chapter 3 is about the curiosity of the humans

wanting to find out more about the Martians. The
cylinder opens and the crowd gets bigger, but are
then attacked.
Chapter 4 contrasts the village life which seduces
the narrator and reader into thinking that
everything is normal with the violence as the
Martians begin their attack by shooting at the
narrators house. It is intended to shock the reader
and transition them into the second part of the
book. There is, however, a growing sense of
unease throughout the chapter as more and more
Military come to the area, but when the narrator
speaks to them, they are clueless about what is
really going on.

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Chapter 3 4
Character

Theme

Setting

Style

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Chapter 5 6:
1. Complete the cloze activity with words from the box:
After leaving his wife and servant in

the writer returns to his

the writer sees a flash of light, it is the

enormous

. As he comes to his

Martian cylinder that has landed on Earth. Then he sees

that are walking toward the third

. The writer

meets a soldier who tells him that the Army field gun team had been
the Martians tripod. The writer and the

by the Heat-Ray from

decide to go north to

the Martians. They arrive at the River Thames where an excited crowd is trying to cross the
Suddenly several Martian tripods appear. The writer escapes in a

to escape from
.

and meets a curate, who is

confused by the destruction. Together they continue toward London.

Curate
Soldier

Cylinder
Third

Destroyed
Tripod

House
Two

Leatherhead
Village

London
Water

2. Write: The main character makes several important decisions which save his life. Make a list of these
decisions and actions:

3. What happens next? Put these events in the correct order:

The writer returned to Horsell Common.

The end of the cylinder was being screwed out from within.
Everyone expected a man to come out.
The creature fell over the edge of the cylinder and into the pit.
The invisible ray killed the group with the white flag.
Two men and a woman laughed at the writer.
The writer and his wife left their house and went to Maybury.

4. Who is speaking and to whom? What are they talking about?

a. Its no kindness to your wife for you to get killed

The soldier is talking to the writer, saying that he should not go straight across
country to get back to Leatherhead
b. You are the first people Ive seen coming this way this morning

c. I was explaining that these are valuable

d. You have been asking for water for the last hour

e. Things have changed! You must stay calm. There is still hope

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Character

Theme

Setting

Style

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Chapter 7 8:
1. Complete the cloze activity with words from the box:
The writers younger

lives in London. During the

, reports about the Martians have come

slowly to the city. The writers brother is very worried about his brother and his family. On Monday
there is

in the streets. People say that the Martians are coming with a Black

poisons and kills. The writer sees the

using the Black Smoke as they approach

Martians use the Black Smoke when they cannot see who they are

that
. The

; otherwise they use the Heat-

Ray.
Brother
Morning

Fighting
Panic

London
Smoke

Martians
Weekend

2. In your book: When people are in extreme difficulty or danger they act in ways which they would not

usually. Find examples from these three chapters. Can you think of any other examples from your own
experiences or from true stories you have heard? Do you think that people act better or worse under such
circumstances?

3. Answer these questions using full sentences

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Where does the writer want to escape to?

Why does the soldier want to go to London?
How many tripods does the army hit?
Where does the writer meet the curate?
Where has the curate escaped from?
How do the Martians react when one of them is hit? What does this suggest? Does it make you feel
differently about them?

4. Choose the words in the box to answer these questions. Not all words in box will be used.
pub owner
thunder
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Death
tripod

soldier
curate

white
captain

pink

What colour was the face of the writers wife when he returned to Maybury?
What burst like a gun overhead?
What was stepping over trees?
Whose body did the writer find?
Who came into the writers garden?
Who did the writer say was coming to the old man?

5. Choose the best answer:

Choose the best
answer
The soldier suggested going
towards London where

he could look for his

family

he could hide from the

Martians

he could rejoin his

company

In Byfleet the soldiers were

telling people to leave and
helping them to

pack their belongings

load their carts

find food for the trip

Four Martian machines

disappeared, far away over the

low trees towards

Chertsey

burned house

River

When some shells were fired at

the Martians and missed, the
fourth shell

went past and hit the

river

almost hit it

exploded right in its

face

to come and hide in the

church

that the church was still

standing

that the church was

destroyed by the
Martians.

The curate told the writer

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Chapter 9 10:
1. Complete the cloze activity with words from the box:
The

tells the people of London to leave the city. Six million people leave the
. Many go to the east coast of

to take a boat to the

. The writers brother meets two

women whom he helps and they get on a steamboat. The Thunder Child, an
tripods that appear on the coast. The Martians use

and the

warship, but the Thunder Child knocks down two tripods. The warship
and the two women on board
Black Smoke
Escapes

warship, attacks three

against the
as the steamboat with the writer

Capital
Explodes

Continent
Government

England
Heat-Ray

English
Martian

2. Match the sentences to the correct endings:

The Martians communicated to each other by

loud howls

The Ripley gunners

had never been in action before

The fallen Martian used its voice, and immediately

a second one answered it

One of its three legs

had been broken

Seven Martians spread out, at equal distances

between Weybridge and Ripley, each carrying

a thick black tube

The writer crawled into some bushes

by the side of the road

The tubes were used to fire large cylinders that,

when they hit the ground

let out an enormous amount of thick black smoke

The smoke was heavy and when it began to sink down

it

behaved like a liquid

3. Circle the correct ending for each sentence:

Select the best answer
waving their
howling
humming
tentacles

The Martians communicate with each other by

The more experienced fighters are the men from

Ripley

Walton

Weybridge

When the writer and the curate see the fighting

machines, the writer

begins running

crawls into
some bushes

fires a gun

The cylinders inside the Martians tubes contain

water

missiles

poisonous
smoke

an empty house

a hospital tent

London

beginning to
win the battle

defeated by the
Martians

all dead

The writer and the curate escape to

By Sunday night, the people, the organised
opposition and the government are

4. Choose names from the box to answer these questions:

Mr Elphinstone
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Who
Who
Who
Who
Who

Writers brother

Mrs Elphinstone

Miss Elphinstone

is George?
is the doctors wife?
is the doctors sister?
steals a bicycle?
is the brother of the person who lives in London?

The Writer

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Setting

Style

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Chapter 11 12:
1. Complete the cloze activity with words from the box:

The writer and the curate hide in a

to escape the Black Smoke. They leave the
house when it is
and then they see Martians picking
up and putting them in a large
. The writer and the curate hide from the Martians in another house. A fifth
from Mars falls upon the house next to where they are and creates a huge
in the ground. The writer watches the Martians as they
in the pit. The
increased
on Earth makes it difficult for the Martians to
their, round
bodies. The writer believes that the Martians can exchange
. He argues
with the curate as they continue to
in the house, which was almost
by the explosion of the fifth cylinder when it
the house next to them. He discovers
that the Martians are
human beings and
their blood. The curate
goes
and the writer kills him during a
. A Martian hears the fight, takes
away the body of the curate and all the
in the house but does not find the
writer. After many days without
, the writer leaves the house. Outside there are many
houses in ruins and dead bodies of
.
Cylinder
Food
Killing
Pit

Destroyed
Gravity
Mad
Safe

Drinking
Hide
Metal box
Struck

Eating
House
Move
Thoughts

Fight
Human beings
People
Work

2. Complete these sentences:

a. The Martians moved backwards and forwards over the hill spreading
.
b. There were many ships on the Thames, attracted by
offered by
the refugees.
c. Many ships became stuck together
and the sailors had
to fight against people who tried to get on from the riverside.
d. The sixth cylinder fell in
.
e. The Thunder Child was a
.
3. Write the words from the box in the correct place:

Constant
Metallic

Crawled
Refused

Destroyed
Surrounded

Increased
Unconscious

Intended

1. The writer and the curate are

by Black Smoke for two days
2. Although the writer
to travel alone, the curate decided to come
with him.
3. The curate hid in a garden hut and
to move
4. When the ceiling fell in, the writer was knocked
5. As soon as the writer began eating, the curate
towards him
6. With their
weight on Earth, the Martians found it difficult to move
without machines.
7. The writer soon grows tired of the curates
talking
8. The Martians tentacle made a
sound on the kitchen floor.
9. When the writer finally leaves the house, he discovers that the local area has been
completely

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Chapter 13 15:
1. Complete the cloze activity with words from the box:
The writer meets the

he had met at his house earlier. The soldier tells the writer that the

Martians are building

machines and that they will

soldier says that some people will

the people of Earth. The

the Martians and others will not. The soldier believes that there

are two kinds of human beings, the strong and the weak, and that only the
soldier shows the writer his

to fight the Martians, but the writer realizes that the soldier is just a

, and not willing to do the

goes to London. In the

will survive. The

necessary to defeat the Martians. The writer leaves and

many houses are destroyed and there are a lot of dead

, but there are also dead Martians. The

writer is taken care of by

have died of germs, which do not exist on Mars. The

people and when he is well he returns to his house, where he finds that

his wife is still alive.

City
Kind

Defeat
Martians

Dreamer
People

Fight
Plans

Flying
Soldier

Hard work
Strong

2. The soldier has thought carefully about the worlds future. Look at these sentences and tick () the
sentences he would agree with and cross () the sentences he would disagree with.
True

False

All human beings are the same

The Martians have already built a flying machine.
Human beings will beat the Martians in a few years.
Its better to live freely and in danger than to live a comfortable life without
freedom
The bravest and strongest humans will live underground and the weak ones will
live with the Martians.
It will be important to look after the weak humans as well as the strong in a new
underground world

3. Choose the best answer:

Choose the best word
The writer and others did not
understand what would happen
to the Martians because

terror and
disaster

pride and joy

joy and
wisdom

had blinded their minds.

By

spending

paying

lending

with a million lives human

beings have bought their
right to Earth.

not tried

been unable

developed the
ability

as strong

as strange

as ugly

very heavy

quite sad

light with
happiness

Human beings have

Earth is our home and would
be even if the Martians were
ten times
When the writer realized that
the Martians were dead his
heart grew

4. What happens to the writer? Put these events in the correct order:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

h.

A kind family look after him

He finds a lot of dead Martians in a pit
He hears odd sounds coming from the Martian machines
He realizes that the Martians have been killed by germs
His wife and family find him again
People return to London
The writer goes to central London and finds the streets empty
The writer returns to his home

to fight against germs

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Setting

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Exam preparation

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Previous exam questions:

Character Questions
Here are some questions that have been used in previous exams. It is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that these
same questions will be on your exam at the end of the year. However, these questions still provide
good writing practice.
It is good technique to practice writing exams using exemplar questions like these, but it is not good
practice to memorise a pre-prepared answer to the exam question.
For each of these questions, draw a square around the task the question is asking you to perform (the
adjective) and underline the thing you will do to achieve that task (what you will write about). The
first one has been done for you.

1. Describe a positive or negative experience that happened to a character or individual in the

text. Explain how the writer used the experience to help you understand the character or
individual.
2. Describe a character or individual in the text whom you found interesting. Explain how the
writer made the character or individual interesting to you.
3. Describe an important change that happened to one character or individual in the text.
Explain why this change was important.
4. Describe an important character or individual in the text. Explain why he or she was
important.
5. Describe at least 2 techniques used to make a character or individual in the text interesting.
Explain why these techniques made the character or individual interesting.
Note: techniques could include language, structure and/or narrative point of view.
6. Describe a choice made by a character or individual in the text. Explain how this choice
brought about a change in that character or individual.
7. Describe an experience or event that was important to a character or individual in the text.
Explain why this experience or event was important to that character or individual
8. Describe a strong relationship between at least 2 characters or individuals in the text. Explain
how this relationship helped you understand these characters or individuals.

Create an essay map for each of these questions.

Choose the question you feel best prepared to answer and write a SEXY paragraph plan for each of
the paragraphs in the essay map. Check and edit the SEXY paragraph plan so that you know you are
answering the question in the best way.
You guessed it! Write that essay for your homework.

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Summative Exam: Response to texts

Instructions:
In this section there are THREE categories with a range of questions. Choose ONE essay question
from TWO different categories (short text, extended text or visual text)

You are to write an essay answer on TWO different texts that you have studied in class this
year (a novel or play; a short story or poem; a film or television program)
Head up your page with your name, your English teacher's code and the title and
author of the text you have chosen to write about.
Write the essay number at the top of the page in the left margin
Plan your essay before you begin to write and use the SEXY method to structure your essay.
Remember to include evidence/quotes from the texts in the main body paragraphs.

Marking criteria for an extended / short or visual text essay:

Not achieved
Begins to show
understanding of
aspect(s) of a text

Achieved
Shows understanding
of specified aspects of
a text.

Does not use

supporting evidence
Plot heavy with little
understanding of essay
question

Uses some supporting

evidence
Answers some parts of
the essay question

Merit
Shows convincing
understanding of
specified aspects of a
text.
Uses supporting
evidence
Answers both parts of
the essay questions

Excellence
Shows perspective
understanding of
specified aspects of a
text.
Uses supporting
evidence with purpose
Clearly answers both
parts of the essay
question

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Summative Exam: Response to texts

Category One: Short text (Using ONE poem or short story)
1. Describe a challenge or conflict that a character faced in your short text and say what you
learned from this
2. Describe an important idea in a story or poem you have studied this year and say why you think
iit is important.
3. Write about why you would recommend your short text to other Year 10 students to read.
4. Sometimes the way a story or poem is written helps depen our understanding of what the story
or poem is about. Choose two of the following features and explain why you think the author
used them:
First or third person narration
Dialogue (speaking by
characters)

Alliteration
Climax

Rhyme or Rhythm
Surprise moment or
ending

Metaphor or simile
Repetition

Category Two: Extended text (Novel, Play or Non-Fiction

text)
5. Describe a character you adimired in your text and explain why you admired them
6. Describe an important moment in your text and explain why this moment was important.
7. Sometimes a text can teach us a lesson about life. What lesson did you learn form the text you
have studied this year and explain why it was impotant to you as the reader.
8. Describe an important setting (setting can be time, place or social background) in your text and
explain why this setting was important.

Category Three: Visual text (Film or television program)

9. Describe a character you admired in your visual text and explain why you admired them.
10.Describe an important idea or issue in your visualtext and explain why you think it was a
worthwhile idea or issue for your visual text to include.
11.Descrie the setting used in your visual text and explain why it was important (setting can
include time, place or social background)
12.Explain the importance of two or three of the following productions features used in your
visual text and explain why they were important to your visual text
Camera shots / angles
Music

Voice over
Costumes

Lighting
Color