Planning the opening of 'Whale Rider'

English

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.

'Whale Rider': narrative writing

Depiction of scary, confusing or unsettling events or characters placed in danger, including creation of a scary atmosphere through the use of music and sound.

Depiction or discussion of upsetting content

True or false? A plan should be written in full sentences.

to engage the reader so that they carry on reading 

to entertain the reader with the main action of the plot

What are the purposes of the opening of a narrative?

Fill in the gap: A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader **when** the action in the main idea takes place.

Paikea and her grandfather are on a bicycle.

Her grandfather is cycling whilst Paikea looks up at him.

Paikea is holding onto Koro’s Maori necklace.

They cycle along the coast towards the sea.

They reach the house and Paikea chases him.

Order the five key moments of the opening chronologically. 

What is 'At the edge of the village,' an example of?

Fill in the missing word. Paikea is the main __________ in 'Whale Rider'.

a framework that writers create before they write

a writer's first ideas said aloud about their writing

What is the main setting in 'Whale Rider'?

Which of these is a fronted adverbial followed by?

What does a full sentence need to include?

Match the word classes to their definitions. 

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of upsetting content

Adult supervision recommended

Starter Quiz