Lesson overview

Detailed practice
Story - Narrative
Young adult and up
first person narrative
that eye the sky
tim winton
point of view
pov
resonant detail
complex description
perception
subjective commentary
describing thoughts
metaphor
creating a foreboding mood
growing up
coming of age
foreshadowing
physical detail
judging
reincorporation
symbolism
association
resonance
expansion
understated description
contrast
word choice
imagery
linking details
project
In this lesson, we break down one of the most complex descriptive passages in the That Eye, the Sky course. We model a snippet in which Winton's narrator listens to the sounds of the night, mixing perception, commentary, thoughts, and metaphor, all of which combine to build resonance and foreboding. There is a single checkpoint piece at the end in which students can either write a new version of the piece, or polish their writing from the lesson.