Starter quiz
- True or false? The climax is the most exciting part of a story.
- True ✓
- False
- True or false? A writer is expecting a rhetorical question to be answered by the reader.
- True
- False ✓
- A rhetorical question will always end with a ...
- full stop.
- question mark. ✓
- comma.
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- True or false? Fronted adverbials of manner tell the reader how something happened.
- True ✓
- False
- Fronted adverbials of manner also tell the reader ...
- how a character felt. ✓
- where a character was.
- when a character did something.
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- Fronted adverbials of manner have what piece of punctuation after?
- full stop
- comma ✓
- question mark
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Exit quiz
- What is the last part of a story staircase called?
- opening
- resolution ✓
- climax
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- Which of these is a purpose of the resolution?
- resolve the problem of the main character ✓
- add more problems
- describe the main character
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- True or false? The resolution needs to end the story with everything now resolved.
- True ✓
- False
- What does the Pin Man do in the resolution that surprises Emily?
- He gives her the bunny.
- He puts her safely on the pier. ✓
- He buys her an ice cream.
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- What is the Pin Man doing when Emily gets on the bus to go home?
- playing on a machine in the arcade
- waving to her ✓
- going on the bus with her
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- True or false? The moral of 'Lucky Dip' is to always judge someone by what they look like.
- True
- False ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Editing is the process of making any changes needed to improve our writing.
- Punctuation is the name for the marks used to make our sentences clearer and easier to read.
- When we edit word choices, we carefully review and make changes to the words in our writing.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that they have no errors if they have checked for mistakes in the writing lesson.
Teach them that editing is a part of the writing process that needs time dedicated to improving the word choices and spotting mistakes.
Keywords
Editing - the process of making any changes needed to improve our writing
Puntuation - the name for the marks used to make our sentences clearer and easier to read
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