Bray Park State High School

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Subject English
Year level Year 7
Unit Unit 4: Novel Study: Identification of an event that changed a
character
Technique Written analytical essay focusing on the impact of an event on character

Task To analyse an event and inform the audience about the impact this has on
a character
Task To complete this task:
Completion In an analytical essay answer the question ‘How does an event in the
novel change a character’s life?
1. Select a character from the novel
2. Identify a key event this character confronts
3. Analyse the impact of this event using supporting evidence (quotes
from the text) which show the character’s response including:
-How did the character respond?
-Was it in a positive or negative way?
-What did it reveal about the character?
Conditions  Length 300-400 words
 At home and in class preparation
 Open access to resources
 Drafting in lesson time with access to teacher/peer feedback with
conferencing

Checkpoints Term 3 Week 8 : Task Sheet Distributed

Term 3 Week 9 : Drafting and Editing
Term 4 Week 10 : Feedback
Term 4 Week 1: Final Draft Submitted
Term 4 Week 2: Final Submitted and Assessed

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Character chosen: Life changing event:

1. Introduction

a. Write a statement about Many moments in your life can change your life.
how moments in life can change
Bridge to Terra Bithhia By Katherine Paterson
people’s lives.
b.Link to novel – author, title,
setting, basic plot outline.
(e.g. The novel…. is a story
about……)
c. Outline the key event in the
novel which your character
confronts and how it has an
impact on their life

2. Character’s actions/response BEFORE event

____________________
a. Topic sentence- Outline how PARAGRAPH- TEEAL
your character behaves
BEFORE the life changing
event
b. Elaborate - Provide
background info context of
quote (What is happening in
this section of the novel? How
does the character behave and
what emotions/ attitudes did
they show)
c. Evidence- Quote (placed inside
quotation marks – include
page number)
d. Analyse - Explain quote in
your own words, analysing
what it reveals about your
character’s underlying
values/beliefs?
e. Linking sentence – Summarise
– Overall…
(Min.50 words not including quote)

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 3. Character’s actions/ response DURING the event
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a. Topic sentence- Outline how PARAGRAPH- TEEAL
your character responds
DURING the life changing
event in this section of the
novel.
b. Elaborate - Provide
background info (What is
happening in this section of
the novel? How do they
behave during the life
changing event, what
attitudes/ emotions did they
show)
c. Quote (placed inside quotation
marks- include page number )
d. Explain quote in your own
words, analysing in detail
what it reveals about your
character’s underlying
values/beliefs?
e. Linking sentence – Summarise
– Overall… The character’s
response to the event shows…
(Min. 50 words not including
quote)
4. Character’s actions/ response AFTER the event
_______________________________
a. Outline how your character PARAGRAPH- TEEAL
responds AFTER the life
changing event in this section
of the novel.
b. Provide background info/
context of quote (What is
happening in this section of
the novel? How do they
behave after the life changing
event and what emotion/
attitudes do they show etc)
c. Quote (placed inside quotation
marks- include page number)
d. Explain quote in your own
words, analysing in detail
what it reveals about your
character’s underlying
values/beliefs?

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 (Min.50 words not including quote)
5. Conclusion -
a. Summarise how the event
changed the characters life.
Katherine attitude towards…
She changed dramatically throughout
the novel from the life changing
event…
b. Explain how this event impacted
upon the relationships with other
characters in the novel.
c. Ensure that your final sentence is
powerful and leaves the reader
something to think about.

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English Year 7 Unit 4: Novel Essay: How does an event change a character’s life?

Purpose: To analyse and inform

A B C D E
(listening reading and viewing)Receptive

Demonstrates understanding Demonstrates Demonstrates Shows partial Gives a fragmented

and gives considered understanding and Understanding of how text understanding of how text understanding of how text
explanation of how text explanation of how text structures can influence the structures can influence texts structures can influence texts
structures can influence the structures can influence the complexity of a text and are audience , purpose and audience , purpose and
complexity of a text and are complexity of a text and are dependent on audience , context context
dependent on audience , dependent on audience , purpose and context
purpose and context purpose and context
Demonstrates discerning Demonstrates effective Demonstrates selection of Selects general details from Selects some details from
selection of specific details selection of specific details specific details from texts to texts to show recognition that texts
from texts to show recognition from texts to show recognition show recognition that texts texts reflect different
that texts reflect different that texts reflect different reflect different viewpoints viewpoints
viewpoints viewpoints

Analyses discerningly Analyses effectively Analyses supporting Uses supporting evidence Identifies supporting
supporting evidence and implied supporting evidence and evidence and implied and implied meaning to evidence and implied
meaning to explain issues and implied meaning to explain meaning to explain issues and explain issues and ideas from meaning to identify issues and
ideas from a variety of sources issues and ideas from a ideas from a variety of a variety of sources ideas from a variety of
creating)writing and(speaking,eProductiv

Uses personal knowledge and Uses personal knowledge and Uses personal knowledge and Uses aspects of personal Can express or challenge a
textual analysis discerningly to textual analysis effectively to textual analysis to express or knowledge and textual point of view
express or challenge a point of express or challenge a point challenge a point of view analysis to express or
view of view challenge a point of view

Uses coherent text structures Uses coherent text structures Uses coherent text structures Uses text structures for a Uses aspects of text
discerningly for a range of effectively for a range of for a range of purposes and range of purposes and structures for a range of
purposes and audiences purposes and audiences audiences audiences purposes and audiences

Understands and discerningly Consistently uses grammar, Uses grammar, punctuation Partially uses grammar, Uses fragments of grammar,
uses grammar, punctuation and punctuation and spelling when and spelling in the main when punctuation and spelling when punctuation and spelling when
spelling when creating and creating and editing texts creating and editing texts creating and editing texts creating and editing texts
editing texts