Reading the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
I can summarise the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter’.
Reading the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
I can summarise the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter’.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The climax of a story is the point in the narrative where the suspense and excitement reaches its highest point.
- ‘The Firework-Maker’s Daughter’ reaches climax when Lila meets Razvani and faces the biggest challenge of her quest.
- Moments of suspense lead the reader to question whether Lila will succeed or survive.
- It is important to focus on key moments of suspense when summarising the climax of a story.
Common misconception
Children may have questions or misconceptions around the 'illusion' element of the special ingredient and how Lila was still successful in completing her quest.
Do not delve too deeply into the 'illusion' element as it is not key for the writing of the climax. We can summarise that the true quest was to show no fear in facing fire in order to pursue her dreams which Lila demonstrated.
Keywords
Climax - the point in the narrative where the suspense and excitement reaches its highest point
Suspense - a state of feeling excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
Summarise - to pull out the key events and ideas from a text
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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