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Year 3

Planning part 1 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

I can plan a well-structured paragraph for part 1 of the climax.

New
New
Year 3

Planning part 1 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

I can plan a well-structured paragraph for part 1 of the climax.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. The purpose of the climax is to describe the main action and take the suspense and excitement to its highest point.
  2. Precise and ambitious vocabulary create vivid images for the reader for each key moment of the climax.
  3. An effective plan has vocabulary organised concisely and neatly.
  4. Careful verb and adverb selection can convey characters' feelings through ‘show and tell’.
  5. The emotions of the character change through the key moments of the climax.

Common misconception

Children may find it difficult to generate some of their own ideas for precise and ambitious vocabulary.

Model use of a thesaurus to up level simple pieces of vocabulary. For example, instead of 'fell', children might use 'crumpled', 'collapsed' or 'sunk'.

Keywords

  • Climax - the point in the narrative where the suspense and excitement reaches its highest point

  • Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text's purpose

  • 'show and tell' - a writing technique for showing a character's feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions

  • Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section of whole text

Include a teaching point on how adverbs can be used as fronted adverbials of manner.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You will need a copy of the 2018 Penguin Random House UK edition of ‘The Firework Maker's Daughter' by Philip Pullman for this lesson.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is 'show and tell'?
Correct answer: conveying a character's feelings through sensory details, thoughts and actions
explicitly stating how a character is feeling
asking a rhetorical question
Q2.
True or false? The climax of a story involves the main action.
Correct Answer: True, true
Q3.
What is the purpose of the climax of a story?
to move the main character's journey forward and build suspense
to introduce the character and setting
Correct answer: to build the suspense and excitement to its highest point in the story
to resolve the problem completely
Q4.
How does the climax in Chapter 5 of 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter' begin?
Lila climbs the mountain.
Correct answer: Lila enters the Grotto.
Lila goes home.
Q5.
What is a plan?
a writer's first ideas about their writing
a final piece of written work
Correct answer: a framework that writers create before they write
Q6.
True or false? A plan should be written in full sentences.
Correct Answer: False, false

6 Questions

Q1.
Put these events from the beginning of the climax in the correct order.
1 - Lila found only silence and darkness when she entered the Grotto.
2 - A flicker of light became a thousand fireflies who lit up the cave.
3 - The great fire spirit Razvani emerged from the centre of the light.
Q2.
Match the key moment to the emotions Lila felt.
Correct Answer:entered Grotto, silence and darkness,disappointed, deflated, hopeless

disappointed, deflated, hopeless

Correct Answer:flicker of light, a thousand fireflies,stunned, mesmerised, intrigued

stunned, mesmerised, intrigued

Correct Answer:the fire spirit Razvani emerged,terrified, anxious, nervous

terrified, anxious, nervous

Q3.
True or false? Precise description of a character's movements can convey their emotions.
Correct Answer: True, true
Q4.
Match the emotion to the appropriate 'show and tell' language.
Correct Answer:hopeless,crumpled to her knees

crumpled to her knees

Correct Answer:mesmerised,eyes bulged with wonder

eyes bulged with wonder

Correct Answer:terrified,her pulse raced

her pulse raced

Q5.
What type of vocabulary should be included in your plan?
Correct answer: ambitious
Correct answer: precise
general
simple
Q6.
How is a plan written?
in full sentences
Correct answer: in note format
in paragraphs