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’.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
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.
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.
Licence
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Lesson video
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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.