the building of action and suspense that leads up to the climax in a narrative

high-level language in writing that meets the text's purpose

a writing technique for showing a character's feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions

a framework that writers create before they write a section of whole text

Planning part 1 of the build-up of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

English

In this unit, pupils used complex sentences with certain subordinating conjunctions. In 'The Jabberwocky', pupils will use a wider range of subordinating conjunctions in complex sentences.

In the 'The Iron Man' unit, pupils learned how to punctuate direct speech in narrative writing. In this unit, pupils will develop the skill of writing speech, including using adverbs to describe the speech in further detail.

In this unit, pupils develop their ability to summarise key events from the text, exploring Lila's feelings in the build-up to these. Pupils plan and write both the build-up and the climax of the story, focusing on developing their use of complex sentences, precise vocabulary and speech.

'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and narrative writing

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Put the following elements of a story structure in the correct order.

Lila couldn't sleep and she considered giving up.

The ground became steeper. She realised she was on the mountain.

Put these events from the beginning of the build-up in the correct order.

True or false? In a narrative build-up, we should use simple language.

What type of vocabulary should be included in your plan?

True or false? Precise description of a character's movements can convey their emotions.

explicitly stating how a character is feeling

conveying a character's feelings through sensory details, thoughts and actions

Match the emotion to the appropriate 'show and tell' language.

to move the main character's journey forward and build suspense

What is the purpose of the build-up of a story?

a framework that writers create before they write

a writer's first ideas about their writing

True or false? A plan should be written in full sentences.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

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