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Analyse Lesson 6

Can I find and discuss Writer’s Knowledge 5-8 in the Example Text?

Sentence Accuracy

Sentence Accuracy

Quick Build: single-clause sentence

Verb

punished

Who/What

the Nazis

Sentence

The Nazis punished us.

Add Detail: commas for parenthesis

, without a hint of mercy,

____________________________________

The Nazis

punished us brutally.

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The Nazis

punished us brutally.

, without a hint of mercy,

____________________________________

Check

___________________________________________________________________________

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The Curious Illustrations of Harris Burdick

The Mystery Behind the Illustrations – Now Revealed For over three decades, the mysteries of Harris Burdick’s illustrations, and indeed his unexplained disappearance, have puzzled writers, publishers and literature professors alike. The possible stories behind these illustrations have been pondered over on countless occasions; no conclusion was ever found and the case was closed, left unresolved… until now. With the greatest anticipation, we are delighted to report that Harris Burdick, the elusive illustrator of these fascinating sketches, has finally come forward with explanations behind his work. This report details the long-awaited truths behind these illustrations and how they came to be. After exclusive and investigative interviews with us, Burdick reveals otherworldly secrets behind three of his famous sketches, unravelling these unusual, albeit fascinating, mysteries.

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Can I find and discuss Writer’s Knowledge 5-8 in the Example Text?

Writer's Knowledge

Subheadings

Technical vocabulary

Character references

Commas for clarity

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Stations
Pairs
Groups
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Adverbials

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Drag the adverbials into the passage to help it flow.

As night fell

Later

Early in the morning

________________, the girl trudged along the cracked pavement, her footsteps echoing softly against the empty walls. Her stomach ____ growled, a sharp reminder of another day gone without food. _____, she clutched the small acorn in her palm, feeling its smooth surface warm against her skin. __________, she paused beneath a flickering streetlight, wondering if the world had always been this silent.

Adverbials

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Interview Two: The Mystery Behind ‘Uninvited Guests’ The next illustration portrays a stately home basement with a man making his way down the staircase. It is not the ice skate, nor the rolled-up carpet that our eyes are drawn to, but a patch of light that illuminates a very small, peculiar door set into the wall. The accompanying caption claims that the man ‘was sure he had seen the doorknob turn’. When pressed about this miniature doorway, Burdick smiles, recognising the scene. “Oh, this is a good one. That door led to a secret corridor built into the house’s walls.” Burdick reveals that the so-called ‘guests’ were secret residents, their own abode hidden within the walls. “It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?” Burdick laughs. “There were loads of secret tunnels all over the original blueprints.” Exactly who the secret residents were, to this day, remains unknown.

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Adverbials

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Reveal

Writer's Knowledge

Subheadings

Technical vocabulary

Character references

Commas for clarity

Subheadings

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Drag the extra information between the commas to add the parenthesis.

already crowded with clouds

lost and afraid

carried in on the wind

The gloomy sky, ________________________, was darkening.

The girl, _____________, trawled through the bins for scraps.

Dust, __________________, howled through the dirty streets.

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Subheadings

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Interview Four: The Truth Behind Burdick’s Disappearance Even with these marvellous stories revealed, another mystery still remains for Mr Burdick to explain. When questioned about his sudden disappearance thirty years ago, Burdick states that he was pursued by the authorities and changed his identity; officials believed his knowledge of unexplained events posed a threat to the public. “People weren’t ready for the truth,” he admits quietly. “I saw things I shouldn’t have seen. If I’d have told anyone back then, they’d have locked me up, wouldn’t they?” According to Burdick, the truth was hidden as it challenged what the world accepted at the time; he deemed it safer to vanish. Now, in his old age, he simply states, “I’m not running anymore. It’s time the truth came out before these stories are lost with me.”

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Your Turn: Which paragraphs will you look at?

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Writer's Knowledge

Subheadings

Technical vocabulary

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Commas for clarity

Technical vocabulary

Let me show you

Drag the words and phrases that best describe how travelling the world made Grandad feel.

adventurous

stories of their adventures

sky full of sparkling stars

excited

they marvelled at the views

lush valley

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Let's find and discuss

Interview Four: The Truth Behind Burdick’s Disappearance Even with these marvellous stories revealed, another mystery still remains for Mr Burdick to explain. When questioned about his sudden disappearance thirty years ago, Burdick states that he was pursued by the authorities and changed his identity; officials believed his knowledge of unexplained events posed a threat to the public. “People weren’t ready for the truth,” he admits quietly. “I saw things I shouldn’t have seen. If I’d have told anyone back then, they’d have locked me up, wouldn’t they?” According to Burdick, the truth was hidden as it challenged what the world accepted at the time; he deemed it safer to vanish. Now, in his old age, he simply states, “I’m not running anymore. It’s time the truth came out before these stories are lost with me.”

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Feel

Imagine

Reveal

Your Turn: Which paragraphs will you look at?

Technical vocabulary

Imagine Feel Replace? Remove?

Reveal

Writer's Knowledge

Subheadings

Technical vocabulary

Character references

Commas for clarity

Personification

Let me show you

Match each phrase to its meaning.

tall grass danced

The colour of the sky is becoming darker.

equipment’s pounding roar

The grass swayed in the breeze.

the sky’s creeping blackness

The equipment made a loud noise.

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Personification

Let's find and discuss

Interview Three: The Mystery Behind ‘Captain Tory’ The third illustration depicts a boat captain, stood with a young boy upon the shadowed dock, waving his lantern as a ghostly boat appears from the mist. According to the caption, the lantern has been swung three times. Burdick explains that this was indeed a signal to summon the ghost vessel; he draws attention to the captain’s fierce grip on the boy’s arm. The illustrator asserts, “Look how he’s grabbing hold of him; the lad’s being captured by the captain. Street kids like him went missing all the time back then, didn’t they?” When asked about the fate that awaited the boy aboard the mist-veiled schooner, Burdick’s expression darkens. “You don’t want to know,” he says. “No-one taken onto that ghost ship ever came back.”

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Question Quiz Time

Secret Selector
Team Competition
How will we answer our questions today?
Vote
ThumbsUp
ThinkPair Share
Bob Up

Tick Me

Which of these show modal verbs? Tick two.

A The mission could now proceed.

B Data was then collected and sent.

C Alarms had been raised after launch.

Check

D Fuel levels shall be monitored closely.

Which One's Right?

Which one uses commas correctly to keep the meaning of the sentence clear?

A Exactly who the residents, were to this day remains, unknown.

C Exactly who the residents were, to this day, remains unknown.

B Exactly who the residents were to this day remains unknown.

D Exactly, who the residents were, to this day remains unknown.

Yes or No?Are these ways to name Harris Burdick differently?

A he

No
Yes

B the illustrator

Yes
No

C the reporter

Yes
No

B Mr Burdick

Yes
No

Picture Me

Which image best shows this expanded noun phrase? ‘the pale, ghostly surface of the nearing moon’

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Interview Three: The Mystery Behind ‘Captain Tory’ The third illustration depicts a boat captain, stood with a young boy upon the shadowed dock, waving his lantern as a ghostly boat appears from the mist. According to the caption, the lantern has been swung three times. Burdick explains that this was indeed a signal to summon the ghost vessel; he draws attention to the captain’s fierce grip on the boy’s arm. The illustrator asserts, “Look how he’s grabbing hold of him; the lad’s being captured by the captain. Street kids like him went missing all the time back then, didn’t they?” When asked about the fate that awaited the boy aboard the mist-veiled schooner, Burdick’s expression darkens. “You don’t want to know,” he says. “No-one taken onto that ghost ship ever came back.”

Interview Three: The Mystery Behind ‘Captain Tory’ The third illustration depicts a boat captain, stood with a young boy upon the shadowed dock, waving his lantern as a ghostly boat appears from the mist. According to the caption, the lantern has been swung three times. Burdick explains that this was indeed a signal to summon the ghost vessel; he draws attention to the captain’s fierce grip on the boy’s arm. The illustrator asserts, “Look how he’s grabbing hold of him; the lad’s being captured by the captain. Street kids like him went missing all the time back then, didn’t they?” When asked about the fate that awaited the boy aboard the mist-veiled schooner, Burdick’s expression darkens. “You don’t want to know,” he says. “No-one taken onto that ghost ship ever came back.”

, without a hint of mercy,

____________________________________

The Nazis

punished us brutally.

Interview One: The Mystery Behind ‘Archie Smith, Boy Wonder’ The first illustration depicts a young boy asleep in his bed while glowing orbs of light drift in eerily through the open window. A model ship, cricket bat and yo-yo hint at the boy’s playful and adventurous nature, yet the caption is what creates the most intrigue. When questioned about whose tiny voice it was that asked, “Is he the one?”, Burdick admits that the lights are indeed extra-terrestrial beings. “It’s true… they’re aliens. They’re coming to take the boy, aren’t they?” Burdick explains further. “He’s the kid that went missing all those years ago – he had some sort of superpower, and they abducted him.” Whatever made the boy a wonder is still open to speculation.

Interview Three: The Mystery Behind ‘Captain Tory’ The third illustration depicts a boat captain, stood with a young boy upon the shadowed dock, waving his lantern as a ghostly boat appears from the mist. According to the caption, the lantern has been swung three times. Burdick explains that this was indeed a signal to summon the ghost vessel; he draws attention to the captain’s fierce grip on the boy’s arm. The illustrator asserts, “Look how he’s grabbing hold of him; the lad’s being captured by the captain. Street kids like him went missing all the time back then, didn’t they?” When asked about the fate that awaited the boy aboard the mist-veiled schooner, Burdick’s expression darkens. “You don’t want to know,” he says. “No-one taken onto that ghost ship ever came back.”

carried in on the wind

already crowded with clouds

lost and afraid

As night fell

Later

Early in the morning

Interview Two: The Mystery Behind ‘Uninvited Guests’ The next illustration portrays a stately home basement with a man making his way down the staircase. It is not the ice skate, nor the rolled-up carpet that our eyes are drawn to, but a patch of light that illuminates a very small, peculiar door set into the wall. The accompanying caption claims that the man ‘was sure he had seen the doorknob turn’. When pressed about this miniature doorway, Burdick smiles, recognising the scene. “Oh, this is a good one. That door led to a secret corridor built into the house’s walls.” Burdick reveals that the so-called ‘guests’ were secret residents, their own abode hidden within the walls. “It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?” Burdick laughs. “There were loads of secret tunnels all over the original blueprints.” Exactly who the secret residents were, to this day, remains unknown.

Interview Two: The Mystery Behind ‘Uninvited Guests’ The next illustration portrays a stately home basement with a man making his way down the staircase. It is not the ice skate, nor the rolled-up carpet that our eyes are drawn to, but a patch of light that illuminates a very small, peculiar door set into the wall. The accompanying caption claims that the man ‘was sure he had seen the doorknob turn’. When pressed about this miniature doorway, Burdick smiles, recognising the scene. “Oh, this is a good one. That door led to a secret corridor built into the house’s walls.” Burdick reveals that the so-called ‘guests’ were secret residents, their own abode hidden within the walls. “It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?” Burdick laughs. “There were loads of secret tunnels all over the original blueprints.” Exactly who the secret residents were, to this day, remains unknown.

Interview One: The Mystery Behind ‘Archie Smith, Boy Wonder’ The first illustration depicts a young boy asleep in his bed while glowing orbs of light drift in eerily through the open window. A model ship, cricket bat and yo-yo hint at the boy’s playful and adventurous nature, yet the caption is what creates the most intrigue. When questioned about whose tiny voice it was that asked, “Is he the one?”, Burdick admits that the lights are indeed extra-terrestrial beings. “It’s true… they’re aliens. They’re coming to take the boy, aren’t they?” Burdick explains further. “He’s the kid that went missing all those years ago – he had some sort of superpower, and they abducted him.” Whatever made the boy a wonder is still open to speculation.

Interview One: The Mystery Behind ‘Archie Smith, Boy Wonder’ The first illustration depicts a young boy asleep in his bed while glowing orbs of light drift in eerily through the open window. A model ship, cricket bat and yo-yo hint at the boy’s playful and adventurous nature, yet the caption is what creates the most intrigue. When questioned about whose tiny voice it was that asked, “Is he the one?”, Burdick admits that the lights are indeed extra-terrestrial beings. “It’s true… they’re aliens. They’re coming to take the boy, aren’t they?” Burdick explains further. “He’s the kid that went missing all those years ago – he had some sort of superpower, and they abducted him.” Whatever made the boy a wonder is still open to speculation.

stories of their adventures

sky full of sparkling stars

excited

Interview Three: The Mystery Behind ‘Captain Tory’ The third illustration depicts a boat captain, stood with a young boy upon the shadowed dock, waving his lantern as a ghostly boat appears from the mist. According to the caption, the lantern has been swung three times. Burdick explains that this was indeed a signal to summon the ghost vessel; he draws attention to the captain’s fierce grip on the boy’s arm. The illustrator asserts, “Look how he’s grabbing hold of him; the lad’s being captured by the captain. Street kids like him went missing all the time back then, didn’t they?” When asked about the fate that awaited the boy aboard the mist-veiled schooner, Burdick’s expression darkens. “You don’t want to know,” he says. “No-one taken onto that ghost ship ever came back.”

Interview Two: The Mystery Behind ‘Uninvited Guests’ The next illustration portrays a stately home basement with a man making his way down the staircase. It is not the ice skate, nor the rolled-up carpet that our eyes are drawn to, but a patch of light that illuminates a very small, peculiar door set into the wall. The accompanying caption claims that the man ‘was sure he had seen the doorknob turn’. When pressed about this miniature doorway, Burdick smiles, recognising the scene. “Oh, this is a good one. That door led to a secret corridor built into the house’s walls.” Burdick reveals that the so-called ‘guests’ were secret residents, their own abode hidden within the walls. “It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?” Burdick laughs. “There were loads of secret tunnels all over the original blueprints.” Exactly who the secret residents were, to this day, remains unknown.

Interview Two: The Mystery Behind ‘Uninvited Guests’ The next illustration portrays a stately home basement with a man making his way down the staircase. It is not the ice skate, nor the rolled-up carpet that our eyes are drawn to, but a patch of light that illuminates a very small, peculiar door set into the wall. The accompanying caption claims that the man ‘was sure he had seen the doorknob turn’. When pressed about this miniature doorway, Burdick smiles, recognising the scene. “Oh, this is a good one. That door led to a secret corridor built into the house’s walls.” Burdick reveals that the so-called ‘guests’ were secret residents, their own abode hidden within the walls. “It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?” Burdick laughs. “There were loads of secret tunnels all over the original blueprints.” Exactly who the secret residents were, to this day, remains unknown.

Interview One: The Mystery Behind ‘Archie Smith, Boy Wonder’ The first illustration depicts a young boy asleep in his bed while glowing orbs of light drift in eerily through the open window. A model ship, cricket bat and yo-yo hint at the boy’s playful and adventurous nature, yet the caption is what creates the most intrigue. When questioned about whose tiny voice it was that asked, “Is he the one?”, Burdick admits that the lights are indeed extra-terrestrial beings. “It’s true… they’re aliens. They’re coming to take the boy, aren’t they?” Burdick explains further. “He’s the kid that went missing all those years ago – he had some sort of superpower, and they abducted him.” Whatever made the boy a wonder is still open to speculation.