Planning the build-up of 'The Iron Man'
I can plan two paragraphs for the build-up of ‘The Iron Man’.
Planning the build-up of 'The Iron Man'
I can plan two paragraphs for the build-up of ‘The Iron Man’.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The purpose of the build-up is to build up suspense and excitement before the climax.
- The build-up of 'The Iron Man' describes humanity’s response to the Iron Man.
- When we plan, we log precise and ambitious vocabulary to help paint vivid pictures for our reader.
- A plan includes notes, a sequence of events and ambitious vocabulary.
- ‘Show-and-tell’ language shows a character’s feelings by describing their actions, body language and facial expressions.
Keywords
Suspense - when you are feeling anxious or excited about what may happen
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
'show and tell' - a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions and expressions
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to generate a range of precise and ambitious vocabulary in order to avoid repetition in the build up.
Model the use of a thesaurus for uplevelling vocabulary. E.g. Instead of 'ran', when describing the movements of Hogarth and his father, show other examples like 'raced', 'sped', 'sprinted', 'hurried', 'darted'.
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