Writing the opening of 'The Happy Prince'
I can write the opening of 'The Happy Prince'.
Writing the opening of 'The Happy Prince'
I can write the opening of 'The Happy Prince'.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The purpose of the opening is to engage the reader and introduce the setting and characters.
- Using a range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
- Direct speech is punctuated using inverted commas. Dialogue moves the action forward.
- An adverbial clause is joined with a main clause to form an adverbial complex sentence.
- Notes from the plan are used to form full sentences.
Keywords
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Past tense - shows that the action happened before now
Direct speech - shows that a character is speaking out loud in a text
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle with remembering the comma rule in an adverbial complex sentence.
Provide a visual scaffold of an adverbial complex sentence. Ask children to identify the subordinating conjunction that begins the adverbial clause and ensure that the visual highlights the comma rule.
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).
Lesson video
Loading...