the part of a story where problems are introduced and tension rises

a visual representation of a series of events, where pictures represent events

words chosen intentionally to convey a certain impression to the reader of a place, person or thing

the content of a narrative, often including action, description, dialogue and emotions

Planning the build-up of ‘Beowulf and the dragon’

English

In this unit, pupils rewrite the build-up and climax of a scene from the end of Beowulf’, focusing on interspersing dialogue to convey atmosphere and advance the action. In '’A Kind of Spark’: Narrative Writing', pupils will finesse writing a build-up and climax with a focus on switching between the past and present tense to highlight a jump in perspective.’

In ''Beowulf': Reading', pupils analysed a modernised version of ’Beowulf’. In this unit, pupils will rewrite the build-up and climax of a scene from the end of ’Beowulf’, focusing on interspersing dialogue to convey atmosphere and advance the action.’

'Beowulf': narrative writing

Which of these examples of rich vocabulary could be used to describe the stronghold in 'Beowulf and the dragon'? 

Which of these examples of rich vocabulary could be used to describe parts of the dragon in 'Beowulf and the dragon'?

Which event below is **not** part of the build-up to 'Beowulf and the dragon'?

how we will start every sentence in our writing

rich vocabulary we want to include in our writing

Which of the following should we include in a plan for our writing?

Which of the following are narrative elements we can use to help us plan the content of our writing?

Which narrative element is used here? 'Its sinuous neck was iridescent in the moonlight.'

Beowulf's sword is stuck in the dragon's head

Which of the events below is part of the build-up in 'Beowulf and the dragon'?

Which characters feature in the build-up of 'Beowulf and the dragon'?

Which word means 'completely burned to nothing'?

Which adjectives could be added to the following noun phrase to describe the dragon effectively? 'the __________ worm'.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Planning the build-up of ‘Beowulf and the dragon’

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.