how a text is written to keep the reader engaged

a distinct section of a piece of writing, indicated by a new line and an indentation

shows that a character is speaking out loud in a text

a sentence formed of a main clause and a subordinate clause

Writing the resolution 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

The prince’s heart turned to ash and the bird’s body turned to dust.

The prince’s heart turned to ash as the bird’s body turned to dust.

The prince’s heart turned to ash, but the bird’s body turned to dust.

Which of the following is an adverbial complex sentence?

Fill in the missing word: 'You can start a new __________ to signal the start of a new idea or key moment. 

The statue which had a lifeless bird on it had lost its jewels. 

The statue, which had a lifeless bird on it had lost its jewels.

The statue, which had a lifeless bird on it, had lost its jewels.

The statue, which, had a lifeless bird on it had lost its jewels.

Which of these relative complex sentences is punctuated correctly?

take the statue down immediately!'' ordered the man. 

''Take the statue down immediately'' ordered the man. 

''Take the statue down immediately! ordered the man. 

''Take the statue down immediately!'' ordered the man. 

Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?

True or false? This direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated: the shocked man exclaimed ''the Happy Prince doesn’t look happy at all!''

The man was strolling through the quiet city. 

The man is strolling through the quiet city. 

The man strolled through the quiet city. 

The man will be strolling through the quiet city.

Which sentences are written in the past tense?

You can copy out the notes from your plan exactly as they are.

What is the name of the punctuation mark used in direct speech to indicate when the words being spoken start and finish?

An important man notices the prince is looking unhappy and shabby. 

He orders the statue to be removed immediately.  

The prince and the bird are thrown into a furnace. 

God asks Bird and Prince to look after the city’s people together. 

Order the four key moments of the resolution chronologically.

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

a sentence formed of two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

Which of the following are **relative pronouns**?

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