Novel Study: Against All Odds 'Noughts & Crosses'
Overview
A study and exploration of discrimination, segregation, and race within a modern diverse text. Pupils will develop their understanding of how writers communicate important messages through the narrative techniques of characterisation and structure and how such messages are influenced by contextual factors.
Unit aims:
- Explore racism as an issue globally and within contemporary Britain
- Understand the differences between stereotypes, prejudice, and bias
- Develop selection and retrieval skills to evidence ideas
- Develop contextual analysis by including theory within study
- Develop critical thinking skills
- Consider, reflect, and evaluate how key themes are presented in the novel: racism, division, violence, awareness, privilege, power, and love
- Understand the importance of persuasive devices in transactional writing
- Develop transactional writing skills and be able to write in varied forms, such as a letter, diary entry, speech, and article.
Example Key Words
Perspective
A particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.
Rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques
Transactional Writing
Transactional writing is one form of writing that informs, persuades, and above all communicates. It is non-fiction writing that passes information between individuals or groups of people. It includes, speeches, letters, articles etc.
Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.
Emotive Language
Emotive language is defined as a language that brings out emotions by using emotions. In simple terms, emotive language is identified as words that are used to evoke the emotions of the readers.
Rhetorical Questions
A question asked to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.