📚 Part 1: Character Analysis & Language Techniques

WALT: Analyse character development and identify language techniques in Emily Jenkins' 'Cookies'

Success Criteria: I can identify character traits through dialogue and actions, and recognise at least three language techniques with textual evidence.

1. Read your assigned extract. Which character is the main focus?

2. Identify language techniques used in your extract. Tick all that apply:

Metaphor

Simile

Descriptive adjectives

Emotive language

Dialogue

Repetition

3. Choose one language technique from above and provide a quotation as evidence:

Technique: ___________________

Quotation: "________________________________________________"

4. What does this character's dialogue reveal about their personality? Use evidence from the text.

5. How do the character's actions show their traits? Give one specific example.

🎯 Part 2: Themes & Structure Analysis

WALT: Explore major themes and analyse how structural choices influence meaning

Success Criteria: I can identify a key theme with supporting evidence and explain how Jenkins uses structure effectively.

6. Which theme is most prominent in your extract?

Friendship

Individuality

Family relationships

Growing up

Other: _______________

7. Provide evidence from the text that supports this theme:

8. How does Jenkins use pacing or structure to create impact? Consider sentence length, paragraph breaks, or chapter organisation.

9. Extension: Why might Jenkins have chosen this particular narrative style? How does it affect the reader's understanding?

✍️ Part 3: Creative Response & Summary

WALT: Apply literary techniques in creative writing and synthesise analytical findings

Success Criteria: I can write in character voice using appropriate techniques and summarise my analysis clearly.

10. Write a brief summary of your group's findings about character development and themes:

11. Creative Task: Write a short diary entry (4-5 sentences) from your character's perspective. Include at least one language technique you identified.

12. Self-Assessment: Which technique did you use most effectively in your creative writing?

Support Bank:

Sentence starters: "The character shows..." / "Jenkins uses..." / "This suggests that..." / "The theme of... is evident when..."

Vocabulary: portrays, reveals, demonstrates, emphasises, conveys, illustrates, symbolises