Starter quiz
- Put these events from Izzy's narrative in order.
- 1⇔Addie sees the word in the thesaurus.
- 2⇔Addie hears Emily mention Keedie.
- 3⇔Addie feels like she's floating.
- 4⇔Addie is hitting Emily.
- 5⇔Mr Allison pulls Addie off Emily.
- Which of these elements of our planned narrative will come first?
- third person perspective on Event 2
- internal monologue reflecting on Event 1
- internal monologue reflecting on Event 2
- third person perspective on Event 1 ✓
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- Match these types of figurative language to their examples.
- personification⇔The word leered up at her from the book. ✓
- metaphor⇔Addie was a boat cut from its moorings, floating out to sea. ✓
- simile⇔The children stood as still as statues as Emily spoke. ✓
- Which of the following sentences are likely taken from the third person perspective on an event from our narrative?
- I feel as if my body is no longer under my control.
- What's going to happen? Am I going to be suspended?
- Addie felt as if her body was no longer under control. ✓
- Why had no-one stopped Emily? What had Addie ever done to her? ✓
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- Which of the following sentences are likely taken from the pieces of internal monologue from our narrative?
- I want to stop. But I can't. I just can't. ✓
- Why am I doing this? ✓
- The corridor - the endless corridor - stretches in front of me. ✓
- Addie felt the lights glaring down at her.
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- Which event might the following piece of internal monologue be reflecting on? 'As she glares down at me, I feel completely alone.'
- Addie hitting Emily
- Addie in the office with Miss Murphy ✓
- Addie walking towards the office
- Addie seeing Emily with the thesaurus
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Exit quiz
- Which sections of our narrative have we written in this lesson?
- third person perspective on Event 1 ✓
- third person perspective on Event 2
- internal monologue reflecting on Event 1 ✓
- internal monologue reflecting on Event 2
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- Which language feature is shown in the following sentence? 'As Addie slouched on a desk in the corner, other children whispered to each other.'
- relative complex sentence
- adverbial complex sentence ✓
- non-finite (-ing) complex sentence
- compound sentence
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- What is the purpose of the colon in the following sentence? 'Addie looked away: she couldn't bear to see the word any longer.'
- to introduce a question
- to connect two complete sentences
- to introduce an explanation ✓
- to follow an explanation
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- Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? 'I feel like a cloud being blown across the sky.'
- simile ✓
- metaphor
- personification
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- What features of internal monologue are shown in the following sentence? 'I want to explain it to her ... But I can't. I just can't.'
- ellipsis ✓
- informal sentence opener ✓
- repetition ✓
- contractions ✓
- rhetorical questions
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- What is the purpose of orally rehearsing our writing?
- to say exactly what we will eventually write
- to say exactly what is on our plan
- to come up with first ideas for how to make our plan into complete sentences ✓
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Key learning points
- We are writing about an event from the build-up, using a third person perspective.
- We are then using internal monologue to reflect on the same event from Addie's perspective.
- Using a plan and orally rehearsing our writing helps us to do our best writing.
- We should aim to use a complete range of sentence types and language features in our writing.
Common misconception
Pupils may be accustomed to teacher modelling of written work.
Ensure plenty of time for oral rehearsal and encourage pupils to constantly refer back to their plan.
Keywords
Build-up - the part of a narrative where problems are introduced and tension rises
Third person perspective - the 'he/she/it/they' perspective
Internal monologue - the inner voice of a character - their thoughts to themselves, not spoken aloud
Figurative language - the use of metaphors, similes, personification and other literary devices to create imaginative meanings
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