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Writing the climax of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
I can write the climax of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky’.
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Year 4
Writing the climax of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
I can write the climax of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky’.
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Key learning points
- The purpose of the climax is to describe the main action and take the suspense and excitement to its highest point.
- Direct speech is punctuated using inverted commas. Dialogue moves the action forward.
- Notes from a plan are used to form full sentences.
- A range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
- A range of fronted adverbials is used to improve text flow.
Keywords
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Direct speech - shows that a character is speaking out loud in a text
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle with remembering the punctuation rules in speech second sentences.
Provide a visual scaffold of the speech second punctuation rules. Encourage pupils to use this when writing direct speech.
Ensure children have access to the notes from their plan to support them in writing the climax.
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6 Questions
Q1.
How do you use a plan to write part of a narrative?
copy it out word for word
Q2.
What is a fronted adverbial?
a word used to describe a verb
a conjunction
a type of subordinate clause
Q3.
What are the different sentence types that you can use in your writing?
fronted adverbial
subordinate clause
Q4.
Which piece of punctuation follows a fronted adverbial?
a full stop
an exclamation mark
inverted commas
Q5.
Put the four key moments of the climax in chronological order.
Q6.
What is an adverbial complex sentence?
a sentence formed of two main clauses
a sentence formed of two main clauses and a co-ordinating conjunction
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6 Questions
Q1.
True or false? We should use a range of sentence types (like simple, compound and varied complex) in our writing.
Q2.
Match the sentence type to its definition.
The vicious beast destroyed everything in its path.
The knight rose to his feet and he pointed his sword at the beast.
The monster stomped towards the boy as it roared loudly.
Q3.
What is the name of the punctuation mark that indicates where the words the character said begin and end?
comma
question mark
exclamation mark
full stop
Q4.
Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?
The boy shouted Don't come any closer!''
The boy shouted, ''don't come any closer!''
The boy shouted, ''Don't come any closer!
Q5.
Complete the following sentence with an appropriate fronted adverbial: '__________ he lunged at the terrified boy.'
Happily,
The next morning,
Slowly,
Q6.
Which of the following uses 'show-not-tell' to describe how the boy was feeling in the climax?
The boy was terrified.
The boy raised his sword at the Jabberwock.
''I'm really scared!'' exclaimed the young man.
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