Writing the climax of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'

English

In this unit, pupils learn how to use speech first within complex sentences. In ‘The Highwayman’, pupils will learn how to use speech second within complex sentences.

In ‘Into The Forest’, pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils learn how to use vocabulary in a wider range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation.

'Jabberwocky': narrative writing

True or false? We should use a range of sentence types (like simple, compound and varied complex) in our writing.

The vicious beast destroyed everything in its path.

The knight rose to his feet and he pointed his sword at the beast. 

The monster stomped towards the boy as it roared loudly. 

Match the sentence type to its definition.

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

The boy shouted, ''Don't come any closer!''

The boy shouted, ''don't come any closer!''

The boy shouted, ''Don't come any closer!

Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?

Complete the following sentence with an appropriate fronted adverbial: '__________ he lunged at the terrified boy.' 

The boy raised his sword at the Jabberwock. 

''I'm really scared!'' exclaimed the young man. 

With shaking knees, the boy rose to his feet as his heart pounded in his chest. 

Which of the following uses 'show-not-tell' to describe how the boy was feeling in the climax?

use the notes to form a range of full sentences

How do you use a plan to write part of a narrative?

What are the different sentence types that you can use in your writing?

Which piece of punctuation follows a fronted adverbial?

The ferocious Jabberwock moved closer and closer to the boy.

The boy threatened the Jabberwock with his sword.  

The Jabberwock became enraged and it lunged at the boy.  

The boy swiped his sword and he beheaded the Jabberwock.

Put the four key moments of the climax in chronological order. 

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

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

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