The Art of Storytelling · Term 1

Setting and Atmosphere

Exploring how authors use descriptive language to create vivid settings and establish mood.

Key Questions

  1. Explain how a specific setting can foreshadow future events in a story.
  2. Analyze the relationship between a story's atmosphere and its central conflict.
  3. Construct a paragraph that evokes a specific mood using only sensory details.

CBSE Learning Outcomes

CBSE: Literature - Prose Analysis - Class 7CBSE: Creative Writing - Class 7
Class: Class 7
Subject: English
Unit: The Art of Storytelling
Period: Term 1

Suggested Methodologies

Gallery Walk

Groups create exhibits, circulate, and give written feedback

30–50 min

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RAFT Writing

Write from an assigned Role, for an Audience, in a Format, on a Topic

25–45 min

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