Starter quiz
- Put these sections of our narrative in order.
- 1⇔first person perspective on first part of Addie's speech
- 2⇔flashback to first part of Maggie's story
- 3⇔first person perspective on second part of Addie's speech
- 4⇔flashback to second part of Maggie's story
- 5⇔first person perspective on final part of Addie's speech
- Which of these sentences is appropriate for the flashback in our narrative?
- Instantly, she is pushed down to the ground.
- Instantly, she was pushed down to the ground. ✓
- Instantly, I am pushed down to the ground.
- Instantly, I was pushed down to the ground.
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- Which of these sentences is appropriate for the first person section of our text?
- The room falls quiet and I feel a lump in my throat. ✓
- The room fell quiet and I felt a lump in my throat.
- The room falls quiet and she feels a lump in my throat.
- The room falls quiet and she felt a lump in my throat.
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- Which of the features below are shown in the following first person passage? 'Out of the corner of my eye, I see Mr Macintosh look down at his feet. I grit my teeth.'
- things Addie does ✓
- things Addie says
- things Addie thinks
- things Addie sees ✓
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- Which of these pieces of direct speech is correctly punctuated?
- “Because of that” I continue, “I see the world a bit differently."
- “Because of that,” I continue “I see the world a bit differently."
- “Because of that,” I continue, “I see the world a bit differently." ✓
- “Because of that,” I continue, “I see the world a bit differently"
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- Which informal language features can be seen in the following first person passage? 'I clear my throat and look out at the expectant faces. I can do this. I can do it for Maggie.'
- sentences starting with 'I' ✓
- contractions
- simple sentences ✓
- questions
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Exit quiz
- Put these sentences in the order they would appear in our narrative.
- 1⇔As Mr Macintosh stands up, the room falls quiet and I feel a lump in my throat.
- 2⇔Maggie woke with a start to a loud banging on her door.
- 3⇔“Hi everyone,” I say, trying to give off a confidence I don’t feel.
- 4⇔“I confess!” she croaked, “I confess …”
- 5⇔As I rush back to my seat, more and more people begin to clap.
- In which sentence is the direct speech correctly punctuated?
- “We owe these women an apology - and a memorial” I finish.
- “We owe these women an apology - and a memorial!” I finish. ✓
- “We owe these women an apology - and a memorial I finish.
- We owe these women an apology - and a memorial!” I finish.
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- Which features below can be seen in the following passage? 'I can see it’s working; they’re starting to understand. I see them looking up at me intently.'
- third person
- first person ✓
- informal language ✓
- things Addie thinks ✓
- present tense ✓
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- Which informal language features below can be seen in the following passage? 'I can see it’s working; they’re starting to understand. I see them looking up at me intently.'
- simple sentences ✓
- contractions ✓
- sentences starting with 'I' ✓
- questions Addie asks herself
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- Which language features below are included in the following passage? '“You’re the devil’s wife! You cursed our children!” they bellowed, shaking their fists angrily.'
- sentences starting with 'I'
- direct speech ✓
- non-finite (-ing) complex sentence ✓
- compound sentence
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- Sofia says, 'We've reached the end of the writing process!'. Why is she wrong?
- We still need to write another flashback.
- We still need to edit and improve our work. ✓
- We may wish to publish our work for an audience. ✓
- We haven't yet completed what we planned to write.
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we are writing a third person flashback and a first person perspective.
- Switching perspectives like this allows us to focus on different elements of the narrative at different points.
- Our flashback is likely to be more formal than the first person section.
- Both sections should include a range of sentence structures and punctuation.
- Orally rehearsing our writing allows us to write more confidently.
Common misconception
Pupils may want to show elements of Maggie's story that are gratuitously graphic or violent.
Remind pupils that we are talking about real people and that we should consider how Addie reacted to this in the story.
Keywords
First person - the 'I/we' perspective
Flashback - a jump to a time or event that happened earlier in the narrative
Third person - the 'he/she/it/they' perspective
Oral rehearsal - saying the words you plan to write out loud in order to make the writing process easier
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