Analysing an opening chapter

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
Analysing an opening chapter
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Reading skills: Summarising and synthesising
Resource type
Worksheet
Genre
Unseen
Focus
Fiction
Genre
Fiction

A close text analysis summary table and an overview table, designed for analysing the effectiveness of an opening chapter of a novel, although the resource would work equally well for summarising an unseen fiction extract.

The resource comprises two tables:

  • a list of stylistic features for which students find quotations
  • a list of key features (author, title, characters, events etc.) for which students identify the key facts.

The tables would also work well when promoting whole-school independent reading initiatives or for World Book Day.

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14/03/2021

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08/03/2019

I will use the opening chapter resource when looking at new texts. A great resource overall, thank you.

Charlotte Jacobs

22/09/2016

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