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Name :__________________ Date: ______________________

JH1
Reading Assessment

EXPLORING
MICHAEL MOPURGO’S
An
Eagle
in the
Snow
Complete the following analysis exercises on
one of the short stories supplied by your
Analysing a teacher. Ensure you provide detail and explicit
NARRATIVE examples (direct quotations) where required.

Basic
Title, Author and Date of Publication
Overall
Context Themes & Ideas
Consider the author’s purpose in writing the story and what we
E.g. When and
learn through the conflict. Is there a moral or a message? What
where was it ideas are conveyed about human experience? Try to come up
published? What with one or more themes and write them as a series of explicit
genre is it? What ideas.
influenced the
author to write the
story?

Intended Audience
Consider
demographics e.g.
age, gender,
ethnicity, education
level, interests,
values
Plot Structure Coda
The narrative includes a coda (an additional section) if there is a moral
Briefly describe what occurs in each section of the narrative. or message to be learned from the story. What moral lessons that you
learned from the book?

Orientation

Point of View
Rising What point of view is the story written in and how does it affect the way we
Action might respond to the story? Consider perspective or viewpoint, distance
between narrator and reader etc.

Climax

Resolution
Protagonist's Name :____________________________________

EXPLORING
A PROTAGONIST'S JOURNEY
Instructions: In the book that you have read, identify the protagonist.
Using the guide questions below, describe the character and explain how they contribute to the story's events.

Protagonist's Evolution Challenges or Conflicts Actions to Overcome Obstacles

How does the protagonist What challenges or conflicts What actions does the protagonist take to
evolve throughout the story? does the protagonist face? overcome obstacles?

Key Moments or Turning Points

What are some key moments or turning points in the protagonist's journey?
Writing Challenge!
An Eagle in the Snow begins with Barney being evacuated to the countryside
with his mother. On the way, he remembers his house being destroyed in an
air raid.

Write a description of the air raid that destroyed Barney’s house.

Just like Michael Morpurgo, you


could use:

- a mixture of long descriptive


sentences and short punchy
sentences

- powerful verbs that capture


what happened

- similes and metaphors to


create images for your reader

- alliteration and repetition of


key ideas

Stuck for ideas? You could


write about:
- walls crumbling
- windows breaking
- explosions
- shops being damaged
- trees falling

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