Planning the opening of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'
I can plan precise, ambitious vocabulary to help write a narrative opening based on 'The Man on the Moon’.
Planning the opening of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'
I can plan precise, ambitious vocabulary to help write a narrative opening based on 'The Man on the Moon’.
Lesson details
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.
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.
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
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a word that describes a noun
a person, place or thing
a word that describes a verb
a doing or a being word
Exit quiz
6 Questions
She slumped on the sofa.
Her jaw dropped.
Her eyes lit up with excitement.