Planning a narrative scene with direct speech in 'Whale Rider'

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In this unit, pupils learn to develop speech from a film to varied speech sentence structures. In 'The Viewer', pupils will learn to think of speech sentences that develop character from a picture book.

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

In this unit, pupils write a range of narrative outcomes based on the film 'Whale Rider'. They analyse sections of the film carefully, from which they write an opening, an emotive scene and a resolution. Pupils also practise using speech punctuation accurately in their narratives.

'Whale Rider': narrative writing

Paikea leads the boys to the Marae by singing.

Paikea sits in the front row with the men.

Koro tells her to move to the back because she is a girl.

Put the four key moments of the build-up in chronological order.

Choose the appropriate fronted adverbial to start the following sentence: '__________ she slumped in defeat.' 

What is the punctuation mark that shows when direct speech begins and ends?

What is the **reporting clause** in this speech sentence? “What did I say?” asked Koro angrily.

Which of these is the adverb in the following sentence? 'Sternly, Koro fixed his gaze on his dutiful granddaughter.' 

a framework that writers create before they write

a writer's first ideas said aloud about their writing

Put the sections of a narrative in chronological order. 

What linguistic device is 'Courageously,' an example of?

a full stop (or other closing punctuation)

What does a full sentence need to include?

With pride, the dutiful granddaughter sang melodically. 

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