Writing part two of the opening of 'Macbeth'
I can use a plan to write a narrative opening based on Shakespeare's ‘Macbeth’.
Writing part two of the opening of 'Macbeth'
I can use a plan to write a narrative opening based on Shakespeare's ‘Macbeth’.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- A narrative opening should engage the reader and describe the setting and any characters who are present.
- This narrative opening will be written in the third person.
- Dialogue can be used to convey character and advance the action.
- Variation in vocabulary and sentence structure engages the reader and improves text cohesion.
Keywords
Apostrophe for possession - a punctuation mark used to show if a noun belongs to another noun
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Inverted commas - a pair of punctuation marks that signal direct speech to the reader
Reporting clause - a clause that tells the reader who said the speech sentence and how
Common misconception
Pupils might be confused by the crossover between a fronted adverbial of manner or time and a non-finite or adverbial clause, for example, 'Hunching over,...' or 'As soon as they had spoken, ...'.
Whenever a fronted adverbial of manner is also an adverbial or non-finite clause, make this explicit. For example, in slide 19, you could say 'Leaning towards her sisters,' is a fronted adverbial of manner, but it is also a non-finite clause.
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Beneath the sky,
With a devious grin,
Seconds later,