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Planning the build-up of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'

I can plan the build-up of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky’.

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Planning the build-up of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'

I can plan the build-up of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky’.

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Lesson details

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. A plan is most often 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

Re-read the build-up several times so that pupils are clear about which moments of 'Jabberwocky' are in the build-up.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Choose the most precise adverb to complete the following sentence: '__________, the young boy crept through the forest.'
Excitedly,
Correct answer: Bravely,
Happily,
Angrily,
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.
Where does the young boy rest when he becomes tired looking for the Jabberwock?
under a bush
on a pile of leaves
Correct answer: on a tree
outside the forest
Q4.
Which of these is a fronted adverbial followed by?
exclamation mark
full stop
Correct answer: comma
inverted commas
question mark
Q5.
Which of these is a full sentence?
The dark, forbidden forest.
Correct answer: Darkness enveloped the forbidden forest.
In the forbidden forest.
Deep in the heart of the forbidden forest.
Q6.
Match the word class to its example.
Correct Answer:adjective,vicious

vicious

Correct Answer:noun,jaws

jaws

Correct Answer:verb,lurked

lurked

Correct Answer:adverb,nervously

nervously

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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.
A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader how the action in the main idea takes place.
time
place
Correct answer: manner
cause
Q4.
Put the four key moments of the build-up in chronological order.
1 - The young man bravely walked through the dark forest looking for the Jabberwock.
2 - He rested on a tree when he heard a strange, ominous noise.
3 - The Jabberwock appeared from the shadows and slowly approached him.
4 - The Jabberwock’s eyes were burning-red and it had fierce teeth and lethal claws.
Q5.
Match each word class to its example.
Correct Answer:noun,tree

tree

Correct Answer:adjective,razor-sharp

razor-sharp

Correct Answer:adverb,slowly

slowly

Correct Answer:verb,crept

crept

Q6.
True or false? This is a complete sentence: 'A pair of huge jaws and a long, writhing tongue.'
Correct Answer: false, False

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