refers to putting the events that occur in a story in order, from the beginning to the end

the order of events within a narrative that gives it a coherent and engaging flow

to pull out the key events and ideas from the text

Sequencing and retelling the story of 'The Iron Man'

English

'The Jabberwocky: Narrative Writing' - In this unit, pupils learn how to use speech first with inverted commas. In ‘The Jabberwocky’, pupils will learn how to use speech first within complex sentences.

In 'The BFG', pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils will vary the position of the subordinate clause in a complex sentence.

'The Iron Man': narrative writing

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

the mood created in a section or whole of a text

high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose

Planning the opening of 'The Iron Man'

the first section of a story where the writer describes the setting and the main characters

Writing the opening of 'The Iron Man'

when you are feeling anxious or excited about what may happen

a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions and expressions

Planning the build-up of 'The Iron Man'

a type of subordinate clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction

a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

Writing the build-up of 'The Iron Man' (part one)

the comparison of two or more elements that are strikingly different

Writing the build-up of 'The Iron Man' (part two)

the point in the narrative that describes the main action and takes the suspense to its highest point

the term used for a character speaking out loud in a text

Planning the climax of 'The Iron Man'

a clause that tells the reader who said the speech and how

punctuation marks used to indicate the beginning and end of direct speech

Writing the climax of 'The Iron Man'

the part of the story that resolves the problem and allows readers to reflect

strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood, or relationships with others

a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

Planning the resolution of 'The Iron Man'

the use of language to create a vivid image in the reader’s mind

the form of an adjective that compares one noun to an entire group of nouns, placing it at a higher degree

a linguistic device that compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’, highlighting similarities

'The Iron Man': narrative writing

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These lessons will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.