Starter quiz
- True or false? The most exciting part of a story is the opening.
- True
- False ✓
- True or false? The climax needs to create the highest point of tension and excitement.
- True ✓
- False
- A climax needs to describe the significant challenge or problem in a story. What is that problem in 'Otherwise'?
- Anders is taken by an eagle.
- Anders is blamed for one of the chameleons being taken. ✓
- Anders takes one of the chameleons to play with him.
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- After the green chameleons blame Anders, what do they do?
- They forgive him.
- They chase him. ✓
- They leave him.
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- After the chameleons chase Anders through the jungle, what does he do to try and escape?
- He climbs a rocky mountain. ✓
- He climbs a tall tree.
- He hides behind a spiky plant.
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- What does Anders find at the top of the rocky mountain?
- the eagle's nest ✓
- more green chameleons
- lots of fruit
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Exit quiz
- Which of these are types of fronted adverbial?
- fronted adverbial of time ✓
- fronted adverbial of manner ✓
- fronted adverbial of colour
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- True or false? A fronted adverbial of manner is a sentence starter that tells the reader how something happened or how a character was feeling.
- True ✓
- False
- Which of these is a fronted adverbial of manner?
- Later that day,
- Sadly, ✓
- Next,
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- Which of these does a fronted adverbial always need after it?
- a comma ✓
- a full stop
- a question mark
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- True or false? Only one idea in a compound sentence must make sense on its own.
- True
- False ✓
- Which of these is a joining word used in compound sentences?
- and ✓
- the
- next
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Key learning points
- The climax should be the most exciting part of a story for the reader.
- Two simple sentences joined together with a joining word is called a compound sentence.
- We can use our plan to help form full sentences for writing.
- Fronted adverbials of manner tell the reader how something was done or how a character felt.
- Adverbs are words that describe a verb.
Common misconception
Pupils often miss out the joining word 'and' when writing compound sentences.
Show pupils some examples of sentences missing the word 'and' and ask them to spot what is missing and where it should go. Encourage pupils to read back through their writing to check every sentence makes sense.
Keywords
Fronted adverbial of manner - a sentence starter that tells the reader how something happened or how a character was feeling
Compound sentence - a sentence formed of two simple sentences and a joining word
Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas
Adverb - a word that describes a verb
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