Starter quiz
- The opening is the first section of a story.
- True ✓
- False
- Which of the following should be introduced in the opening?
- the setting ✓
- the main characters ✓
- all the smaller characters
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- What is the setting for 'Lucky Dip'?
- a farm
- a park
- the seaside ✓
- a school
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- A writer should try to include ambitious vocabulary from their plan.
- True ✓
- False
- Put these key moments from the opening in the correct order.
- 1⇔Emily arrives at the seaside.
- 2⇔Emily and her grandprents walk on the pier.
- 3⇔Emily sees the arcade and walks towards it.
- We will use lots of expanded noun phrases in our opening. Which of these is an example of an expanded noun phrase?
- beach
- sandy beach
- vast, sandy beach ✓
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Exit quiz
- Fill in the missing word. Stories can be structured on a 'story ...'
- ladder.
- staircase. ✓
- tower.
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- The first part of a story staircase is the ...
- climax.
- opening. ✓
- build up.
- resolution.
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- Order these parts of a story staircase.
- 1⇔opening
- 2⇔build up
- 3⇔climax
- 4⇔resolution
- A descriptive opening will contain lots of ...
- questions to the reader.
- expanded noun phrases. ✓
- rhyming words.
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- Which of these is an example of an expanded noun phrase?
- day
- blustery, cold
- blustery, cold day ✓
- blustery day
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- Which of these words is a verb?
- sunny
- the
- walked ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- An opening will introduce the setting and main characters.
- A descriptive opening will contain expanded noun phrases.
- A descriptive opening will contain adverbs and verbs.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it hard to describe the setting and the reader may struggle to picture it in detail.
Teach pupils that describing the setting using expanded noun phrases will help to add detail. Refer back to Lesson 2 where children will have created a sensory map of the setting.
Keywords
Expanded noun phrase - a group of words with no verb that adds detail to a noun
Verbs - a doing or being word
Adverbs - a word that describes a verb
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