My favourite toy You are collecting money for a charity in Burkina Faso which sees to the needs of children. You have decided to put your favourite toy up for sale. You would obviously want it to fetch a lot of money for this project. You have heard that there is somebody who is looking for a toy like this. Hel she cannot come to the sale, but is going to phone you to find out more about the toy. How would you describe this special toy to him/her? Make a list of words that you think make your toy sound extra special. You might want to include a simile or two. Now write a paragraph of 60-80 words that best describes your toy. Remember: plan (use a spider diagram/mind map), draft your description, check it and then redraft it to improve it.​

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret