Planning a narrative opening based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can plan the opening of a narrative based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’.
Planning a narrative opening based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can plan the opening of a narrative based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’.
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Key learning points
- The purpose of the opening is to engage the reader and introduce characters and plot.
- Using a range of linguistic devices helps achieve text purpose.
- A non-finite complex sentence is formed of a main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause.
Keywords
Purpose - the aim of the text
Opening - the first section of a fiction text
Non-finite subordinate clause - a type of clause that can begin with a verb in the progressive tense
Non-finite complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause
Common misconception
Pupils may not be aware that a non-finite subordinate clause can be used before and after a main clause.
Ensure that you say and model a variety of non-finite complex sentences where the non-finite clause is positioned both at the start of the sentence and at the end of the sentence.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
that night
over the horizon
with a roar
Exit quiz
6 Questions
the aim of the text
the first section of a fiction text
a clause that can begin with a verb in the progressive tense
a sentence formed of a main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause
After the battle subsided, the villagers emerged from their huts.
The dragons, which breathed fire, destroyed the island.
Racing to protect their livestock, the Vikings grabbed their weapons.