a state of feeling excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen

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

the ability to understand other people's emotions and points of view

Understanding Lila's feelings in 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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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

True or false? The only way to identify a character's emotions is if the author explicitly states it.

it explicitly states a character's feelings

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

What effect does the narrative technique of 'show and tell' achieve?

Match the key moments Lila experienced at the beginning of her journey to how she felt.

Match the key moments Lila experienced towards the end of her journey to how she felt.

by using empathy to understand her feelings

How can we generate 'show and tell' ideas for Lila's emotions?

the ability to take away someone's problems

the ability to laugh in difficult situations

What does the build-up in Chapter 4 of 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter' involve?

a state of feeling amused by the events in a story

a state of not caring about what happens next

a state of feeling certain about what is going to happen next

True or false? Lila's journey up Merapi is simple and straightforward.

Lila tried to sleep but she couldn’t. She considered giving up.

Lila reached steeper ground and realised she was climbing the mountain.

Lila slipped and fell down the mountain, losing a sandal in the process.

Order the following events from the first part of Lila's journey.

Lila continued to climb higher, braving the heat with bare feet.

Lila kept sliding back, experiencing such pain she felt like she might die.

A huge stone rolled towards Lila but it missed her. The Grotto was uncovered!

Order the following events from the second part of Lila's journey.

True or false? Lila experiences a range of emotions during her journey up Merapi.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Understanding Lila's feelings in the build-up of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.