Summarising and sequencing the story of 'The Man on the Moon'

English

In this unit, pupils learned how to use a range of fronted adverbials. In the next unit, pupils will learn how to use a wider range of sentence starters.

In 'The BFG', pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils learn how to use vocabulary in a wider range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation.

'The Man on the Moon': narrative writing

what happened at the beginning of the story. 

When summarising a story, you explain ...

Lily was bored. She looked through her telescope.

Lily kept trying to send a gift to the man on the moon.

A gift landed on the moon and the man was happy. 

Order the key moments of 'The Man on the Moon' in chronological order. 

When __________ the story, you order the events in chronological order.

Order the sections of a story chronologically. 

Finish this sentence: 'The most exciting moment of the story takes place in the {{}}.'

Match the moment of the story to the section it is found in. 

Chronological order is when events are placed in __________ order.

In the phrase 'the determined girl', what word class is 'determined'?

'The Man on the Moon' is a __________ story. 

Match the adjective to the noun it is describing.

encourage the viewer to buy lots of presents at Christmas time.

encourage the viewer to show compassion to others.

encourage the viewer to spend time with their family.

The main message of 'The Man on the Moon' is to ...

Starter Quiz