This document provides an overview of a literature study unit focused on analyzing the novel "Coralline" and exploring themes of family relationships. Students will discuss the novel, analyze language and structure, consider viewpoints and context. They will also study poems exploring parent-child themes and write an article comparing relationships in the novel and poem or about life as a teenager in Featherstone.

1. Coralline
This topic is based on the exciting and magical novel Coralline. Though this topic will focus
on developing the ability to analyse text. They will explore the idea of family relationships.
They will study:
 Speaking and listening – discussion skills
 Select and retrieve
 Infer and deduce
 Exploring the writers use of language
 Exploring the writers use of structure
 Exploring the writers viewpoints and purposes
 Exploring the historical and literary context of the novel as a fairytale
 Writing to entertain and argue in an article
Texts
Novel
 Coralline – Neil Gaiman
Poems
 Catrin – Gillian Clarke
 Presents from my aunts in Pakistan – Moniza Alvi
 Praise song for my mother – Grace Nichols
Non fiction
 Comment articles
Assessment
How do the writers explore parent and child relationships in Coralline and one poem of your
choice?
Write an entertaining article for a national teenage magazine about life as a teenager in
Featherstone.