Planning the opening of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan precise, ambitious vocabulary to help write a narrative opening based on 'The Man on the Moon’.
Key learning points
- The purpose of the opening is to engage the reader and introduce the setting and characters.
- Precise and ambitious vocabulary is logged on a plan for future use.
- Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to make notes clear.
- Show and tell vocabulary describes character emotions in greater detail.
- Fronted adverbials of time and place indicate when and where an action takes place.
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 - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Common misconception
Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.
Planning should only have key vocabulary and be written in note-form using bullet points.
Teacher tip
Re-watch the opening several times so that pupils are clear about which moments of the film are in the opening.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are the settings in 'The Man on the Moon'?
Q2.Complete this sentence: 'The main characters in 'The Man on the Moon' are the man and .'
Q3.Which of these is a fronted adverbial followed by?
Q4.Place the sections of narrative writing in the correct order.
Q5.What does a full sentence need to include?
Q6.Match the word classes to their definitions.
a word that describes a noun
a person, place or thing
a word that describes a verb
a doing or a being word
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are the purposes of the opening of a narrative?
Q2.Fill in the gap: A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader when the action in the main idea takes place.
Q3.Order the three key moments of the opening chronologically .
Q4.Choose an appropriate fronted adverbial to start this sentence: '__________ the man appeared from a desolate shack.'
Q5.What is included in a plan?
Q6.Match the emotions to the examples of show-not-tell.
She slumped on the sofa.
Her jaw dropped.
Her eyes lit up with excitement.
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