Writing the first half of the climax and resolution of 'Beowulf and the dragon'
I can write the first half of the climax and resolution of ‘Beowulf and the dragon’, using a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas and using techniques to increase pace and tension.
Writing the first half of the climax and resolution of 'Beowulf and the dragon'
I can write the first half of the climax and resolution of ‘Beowulf and the dragon’, using a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas and using techniques to increase pace and tension.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when structure, content and vocabulary are planned.
- We aim to use a range of narrative elements in our writing and to set an appropriate mood with them.
- We use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas, including a variety of fronted adverbials.
- Short sentences, rhetorical questions and 'quick' fronted adverbials of time can add pace to a piece of writing.
- Dashes can add dramatic effect, often by restating the noun phrase that is being described in a different way.
Common misconception
Pupils may be tempted to over-use short sentences in their writing.
Show in your shared writing that short sentences are impactful **because** they contrast with the longer or more complex sentences we tend to use in formal narrative writing.
Keywords
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Dashes - a punctuation mark to add extra information in a clause often for dramatic effect
Oral rehearsal - practising saying ideas for sentences out loud before you write them
Licence
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