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Planning the build-up of 'The Happy Prince'

I can plan the build-up of ‘The Happy Prince’.

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Planning the build-up of 'The Happy Prince'

I can plan the build-up of ‘The Happy Prince’.

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Key learning points

  1. The purpose of the build-up is to develop the characters and build up the excitement.
  2. When we plan, we log precise and ambitious vocabulary to help paint vivid pictures for our reader.
  3. Fronted adverbials of time, place and manner are included in a plan to add extra detail about the action.
  4. Dialogue is the written conversation between two characters or more within a narrative and it moves the story forward.
  5. A plan is written in note-form, out of full sentences.

Common misconception

Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.

Planning should only log key vocabulary and it should be written in note-form using bullet points.

Keywords

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

  • Notes - written out of full sentences

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

  • Fronted adverbial - sentence starter followed by a comma

  • Dialogue - the written conversation between two characters or more within a narrative

Re-read the build-up several times so that pupils are clear about which moments of 'The Happy Prince' are in the build-up. Ensure that pupils can sequence the plot events of the build-up orally with confidence.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Fill in the missing word. In 'The Happy Prince', the prince is __________ about the suffering in the city.
furious
Correct answer: concerned
excited
joking
Q2.
What is a plan?
a final piece of written work
Correct answer: a framework that writers create before they write
a writer's first ideas said aloud about their writing
Q3.
Why does the prince ask the bird to help him?
The bird is quicker than him.
The prince is too scared to move.
Correct answer: The prince is a statue so he is unable to go to those in need himself.
The bird is a compassionate creature.
Q4.
Which of these is a fronted adverbial followed by?
exclamation mark
full stop
Correct answer: comma
question mark
Q5.
What does a full sentence need to include?
a comma
Correct answer: a capital letter
Correct answer: a verb
Correct answer: a full stop (or other closing punctuation)
a conjunction
Q6.
Match the word class to its example.
Correct Answer:noun,seamstress

seamstress

Correct Answer:verb,soared

soared

Correct Answer:adjective,valuable

valuable

Correct Answer:adverb,quickly

quickly

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6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? A plan should be written in full sentences.
Correct Answer: false, False
Q2.
What are the purposes of the build-up of a narrative?
to introduce the characters and setting
Correct answer: to build up the excitement
to ask the reader direct questions so that they carry on reading
Correct answer: to develop the characters
Q3.
Fill in the gap: A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader how the action in the main idea takes place.
time
place
Correct answer: manner
cause
Q4.
Order the four key moments of the build-up chronologically.
1 - The prince tells the bird about the poor seamstress and her unwell son.
2 - The bird gives the red jewel to the mother and this helps the boy feel better.
3 - The prince sacrifices his own well-being to help others in the city.
4 - The bird is worried abut the prince and he refuses to leave him alone.
Q5.
Which of the following are always true about dialogue?
It makes the reader laugh.
Correct answer: It is the written conversation between two or more characters in a narrative.
It gives human qualities to non-human objects.
Correct answer: It helps move the story forward.
It describes a noun in further detail.
Q6.
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
The concerned bird.
Correct answer: The concerned bird reluctantly agreed.
The concerned, reluctant bird.

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