Writing the opening of 'The Happy Prince'

English

In this unit, pupils learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. In 'Whale Rider', pupils will learn to develop speech from a film to varied speech sentence structures.

In 'The Jabberwocky', pupils learnt to use vocabulary in a wide range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation. In this unit, pupils will learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. 

'The Happy Prince': narrative writing and reading

Fill in the missing word: The __________ is the first section of a story where the writer describes the setting and main characters.

True or false? 'A complex sentence is a sentence consisting of a main clause and a subordinate clause.'

What is the name of the punctuation mark that indicates where the words the character said begin and end?

Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?

In the middle of the vast city the golden statue guarded the streets. 

In the middle of the vast city, the golden statue guarded the streets. 

In the middle, of the vast city, the golden statue guarded the streets. 

In the middle of the vast city the golden, statue guarded the streets. 

A serene sky held a luminous moon in its hand. 

The statue was golden and covered in jewels. 

Which sentence includes an example of figurative language?

a sentence with two main clauses and a joining word

a sentence with a subordinating conjunction

A statue of a prince was overlooking the city

One night, a bird was flying alone looking for somewhere to rest

The bird perched on the statue’s feet and noticed he was crying

The statue explained his sorrows and asked the bird to help him

Order the four key moments of the opening chronologically. 

Fill in the missing word. Figurative language is the use of metaphor, simile and personification to paint vivid pictures for the ...

a sentence formed of one main clause and a joining word

a sentence formed of two main clauses and a co-ordinating conjunction

It is the written conversation between two characters in a narrative

Which of the following are true about **dialogue**?

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

Starter Quiz