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Planning the opening of 'The Iron Man'

I can plan the opening of a narrative based on ‘The Iron Man’.

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Planning the opening of 'The Iron Man'

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Key learning points

  1. The purpose of the opening is to engage the reader and to introduce the setting and characters.
  2. When we plan, we note precise and ambitious vocabulary to help paint vivid pictures and convey the desired atmosphere.
  3. A fronted adverbial of time, place or manner indicates when, where or how action in the rest of a sentence takes place.
  4. A plan includes notes, a sequence of events and ambitious vocabulary.

Keywords

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

  • Notes - written out of full sentences

  • Atmosphere - the mood created in a section or whole of a text

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

  • Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma

Common misconception

Pupils may think they need to write full sentences on their plan.

Plans are written to support pupils with future writing. Plans include ambitious vocabulary in note form.

You may wish to provide some visual images of the character and setting to support pupils with generating vocabulary. Encourage pupils to think about the senses: what can they see, feel and hear?
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6 Questions

Q1.
Put the sections of a narrative in chronological order.
1 - opening
2 - build-up
3 - climax
4 - resolution
Q2.
What does a full sentence need to include?
Correct answer: a full stop (or other closing punctuation)
Correct answer: a capital letter
a conjunction
a comma
Correct answer: a verb
Q3.
Match each word class to its example.
Correct Answer:verb,gazed

gazed

Correct Answer:noun,cliff

cliff

Correct Answer:adverb,slowly

slowly

Correct Answer:adjective,deep

deep

Q4.
What linguistic device is 'Carefully,' an example of?
Correct answer: a fronted adverbial of manner
a subordinate clause
a main clause
a co-ordinating conjunction
Q5.
What is a plan?
a type of narrative
Correct answer: a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
a full piece of finished writing
Q6.
Put these events from the opening of 'The Iron Man' in the correct order.
1 - The Iron Man stood on the very edge of a cliff in the middle of the night.
2 - The Iron Man fell off the cliff and “crashed” onto the the beach below.
3 - The Iron Man’s body broke apart and his parts were “scattered” all around.
4 - The Iron Man gradually reassembled his body.
5 - The Iron Man walked deep into the ocean until he disappeared under the surface.

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6 Questions

Q1.
The purpose of the opening is …
Correct answer: to introduce the characters.
to solve a problem.
Correct answer: to convey the atmosphere.
to build up the tension.
Correct answer: to describe the setting.
Q2.
Put the key moments of the opening of 'The Iron Man' in the correct order.
1 - The Iron Man stood on the edge of a cliff in the middle of the night.
2 - The Iron Man fell off the cliff and landed on the beach below.
3 - The Iron Man’s body broke apart and his parts were dispersed.
4 - The Iron Man reassembled his body.
5 - The Iron Man walked into the ocean until he disappeared under the water.
Q3.
A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader when the action in the main clause takes place.
Correct answer: time
place
manner
Q4.
Choose an appropriate fronted adverbial to start the following sentence: '__________ the Iron Man reassembled his body.'
As a result,
Correct answer: Carefully,
Interestingly,
At the top of a cliff,
Q5.
What is included in a plan?
Correct answer: notes that can be written in bullet points
full sentences
Correct answer: ambitious vocabulary
paragraphs
Q6.
Which word is the verb in the following sentence? 'The Iron Man gradually strode deeper into the ocean.'
gradually
Correct answer: strode
deeper
ocean