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

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

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

Planning a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers'

English

In this unit, pupils learn to use a range of fronted adverbials and adverbial clauses to add descriptive detail. In 'A Christmas Carol', pupils will learn to write a short narrative from a film. 

In 'The Firework Maker's Daughter', pupils developed the skill of writing speech, including using adverbs to describe the speech in further detail. In this unit, pupils will learn to use a range of fronted adverbials and adverbial clauses to add descriptive detail.

'The Borrowers': narrative writing and reading

the building of action and suspense that leads up to the climax

a framework that writers create before writing a section or whole text

Match the keywords to the correct definition.

True or false? 'Show and tell' is a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions and expressions.

Arrietty spent weeks doing chores to show she could be really “good”.

The day finally came when Homily asked Pod to take Arrietty borrowing.

Pod protested against taking Arrietty borrowing but Homily was firm.

Arrietty excitedly followed her father along the passages to the clock.

Arrietty climbed into the clock and stared in awe at their namesake.

Which ‘show-and-tell’ language would you use to describe how Arrietty felt during this section of the build-up?

full sentences with capital letters and full stops

Pod arrived home from a borrowing expedition.

He told Homily that he had been “seen” by a human.

Homily said they must tell Arrietty about the upstairs.

Order the following events from the first part of the build-up.

She was terrified of it and wanted to stay underground.

She was desperate to experience life above ground.

How did Arrietty feel about the upstairs?

She read and wrote in her diary every day.

She helped with lots of house chores for weeks.

How did Arrietty show her mother she was “good” in order to prepare for her first borrowing expedition?

True or false? Homily was against the idea of Arrietty going borrowing.

Starter Quiz