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EWS Term 3 · U5

Develop composition

By the end of this unit
  • Create a controlled description
  • Shape a narrative
  • Control narrative voice and perspective

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ගෙවීමට පෙර වැඩපත්‍රයේ අන්තර්ගතය, ගාස්තු සහ ලබාදෙන දිනය WhatsApp මඟින් තහවුරු කරගන්න.

පාඩම් සටහන් මුද්‍රණය කරගන්න.
01SMALL STEPS · BIG SMILES

Create a controlled description

Learn it simply

  • Description helps the reader experience a person, place, or moment.
  • Choose a viewpoint and move through the scene deliberately, perhaps from a wide view to one small detail.
  • Use precise nouns and verbs as well as sensory detail: 'water dripped from the torn awning' is more specific than 'it was a bad place'.

See it. Say it. Understand it.

Easy / Start here

Water dripped from the torn awning.

Moderate / Add a little

A single lamp trembled in the dark shop window.

More detail for teachers and confident learners

Description helps the reader experience a person, place, or moment. Choose a viewpoint and move through the scene deliberately, perhaps from a wide view to one small detail. Use precise nouns and verbs as well as sensory detail: 'water dripped from the torn awning' is more specific than 'it was a bad place'. Select a few connected impressions rather than forcing all five senses into every paragraph. A description can contain movement, but a task focused on description should not turn into a plot-heavy narrative.

කෙනෙකු, තැනක් හෝ මොහොතක් සිතේ මැවෙන ලෙස පිළිවෙළකට විස්තර කරන්න. නිවැරදි වචන හා ගැළපෙන දර්ශන කිහිපයක් තෝරාගන්න; විස්තර ලිවීමක් අනවශ්‍ය සිදුවීම් රැසක කතාවක් බවට හරවන්න එපා.

Plan before drafting: identify the reader, the purpose, and the information that must be included. Select a small number of useful details and place them in a logical order. After writing, check the effect on a reader who does not know your intentions. Revise unclear meaning first, then check sentence boundaries, verb forms, spelling, and punctuation.

ලියන්නේ කාටද, ඇයිද සහ ඇතුළත් කළ යුතු කරුණු මොනවාද යන්න මුලින් සැලසුම් කරන්න. අදහස් පිළිවෙළට ලියා, අර්ථය පැහැදිලි කර පසුව වාක්‍ය, ක්‍රියාපද, අක්ෂර වින්‍යාසය හා විරාම ලකුණු පරීක්ෂා කරන්න.

For 0500 practice, keep reading evidence and writing control connected. A writer's-effects response needs close explanation of selected language; a source-based response must remain accurate while adapting to the specified task. These lessons support selected skills, not a complete mock, coursework portfolio, or guarantee of every assessment objective.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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02SMALL STEPS · BIG SMILES

Shape a narrative

Learn it simply

  • A narrative presents connected events through a chosen viewpoint.
  • Establish a setting and a situation, then introduce a change or difficulty that matters to the character.
  • Select a few significant events instead of a long list of everything that happened.

See it. Say it. Understand it.

Easy / Start here

A lost key can become a focused problem in a short story.

Moderate / Add a little

One carefully developed incident is often stronger than ten rushed adventures.

More detail for teachers and confident learners

A narrative presents connected events through a chosen viewpoint. Establish a setting and a situation, then introduce a change or difficulty that matters to the character. Select a few significant events instead of a long list of everything that happened. A convincing ending resolves, transforms, or deliberately leaves open the central issue. Description and dialogue should contribute to character, tension, or meaning. Keep the point of view and tense controlled, and use paragraph changes to guide the reader through shifts in action, time, or speaker.

චරිත, තැන සහ මුල් තත්ත්වය හඳුන්වා දී වැදගත් ගැටලුවක් වටා සිදුවීම් සම්බන්ධ කරන්න. අවසානය ගැටලුවට ගැළපිය යුතුය; කාලය, කතා කරන දෘෂ්ටිකෝණය සහ ඡේද පිළිවෙළ පැහැදිලිව තබන්න.

Plan before drafting: identify the reader, the purpose, and the information that must be included. Select a small number of useful details and place them in a logical order. After writing, check the effect on a reader who does not know your intentions. Revise unclear meaning first, then check sentence boundaries, verb forms, spelling, and punctuation.

ලියන්නේ කාටද, ඇයිද සහ ඇතුළත් කළ යුතු කරුණු මොනවාද යන්න මුලින් සැලසුම් කරන්න. අදහස් පිළිවෙළට ලියා, අර්ථය පැහැදිලි කර පසුව වාක්‍ය, ක්‍රියාපද, අක්ෂර වින්‍යාසය හා විරාම ලකුණු පරීක්ෂා කරන්න.

For 0500 practice, keep reading evidence and writing control connected. A writer's-effects response needs close explanation of selected language; a source-based response must remain accurate while adapting to the specified task. These lessons support selected skills, not a complete mock, coursework portfolio, or guarantee of every assessment objective.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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03SMALL STEPS · BIG SMILES

Control narrative voice and perspective

Learn it simply

  • Narrative voice is the way the telling presents experience, including what it notices, assumes, and withholds.
  • First-person narration restricts information to a particular viewpoint unless a reason is given for wider knowledge.
  • A third-person narrator may be closely limited to one character or may know more.

See it. Say it. Understand it.

Easy / Start here

I thought she was angry distinguishes inference from direct access to her thoughts.

Moderate / Add a little

An observant narrator may notice a silent gesture before naming its significance.

More detail for teachers and confident learners

Narrative voice is the way the telling presents experience, including what it notices, assumes, and withholds. First-person narration restricts information to a particular viewpoint unless a reason is given for wider knowledge. A third-person narrator may be closely limited to one character or may know more. Voice is not created by changing pronouns alone: vocabulary, rhythm, judgments, and reliability also matter. Keep perspective controlled so that a narrator does not accidentally report another person's private thought as certain knowledge without an established basis.

Plan before drafting: identify the reader, the purpose, and the information that must be included. Select a small number of useful details and place them in a logical order. After writing, check the effect on a reader who does not know your intentions. Revise unclear meaning first, then check sentence boundaries, verb forms, spelling, and punctuation.

ලියන්නේ කාටද, ඇයිද සහ ඇතුළත් කළ යුතු කරුණු මොනවාද යන්න මුලින් සැලසුම් කරන්න. අදහස් පිළිවෙළට ලියා, අර්ථය පැහැදිලි කර පසුව වාක්‍ය, ක්‍රියාපද, අක්ෂර වින්‍යාසය හා විරාම ලකුණු පරීක්ෂා කරන්න.

For 0500 practice, keep reading evidence and writing control connected. A writer's-effects response needs close explanation of selected language; a source-based response must remain accurate while adapting to the specified task. These lessons support selected skills, not a complete mock, coursework portfolio, or guarantee of every assessment objective.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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මෙම ඒකකයේ සියලු පාඩම් ආවරණය කරන වැඩපත්‍රය සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු සඳහා WhatsApp මඟින් විමසන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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ගුරුවරුන්ට පාඩම් සැලසුම් කර ඉගැන්වීමටත්, දරුවන්ට හා වැඩිහිටියන්ට තනිව පුහුණු වී විභාගයට සූදානම් වීමටත් මෙම වෙබ් අඩවිය භාවිත කළ හැකිය. දෙමාපියන්ට නිවසේදී දරුවන්ට උදව් කළ හැකිය.

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ගුරුවරුන්ට පාඩම් සැලසුම් කිරීමටත්, දරුවන්ට හා වැඩිහිටියන්ට ස්වයං අධ්‍යයනය සහ විභාග පුහුණුව සඳහාත් මෙම වෙබ් අඩවිය භාවිත කළ හැක.