Starter quiz
- Which narrative elements are used here? 'Beowulf clenched his fists in fury and a tear came to the wrinkled corner of his eye.'
- action ✓
- dialogue
- emotion ✓
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- Which narrative element is used here? 'On its back, there were thick, leathery spines; on its wings, iridescent scales shimmered.'
- emotion
- description ✓
- action
- dialogue
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- Which type of complex sentence is used here as a cohesive device? 'Beowulf, who knew it was his duty to protect the Geats, was determined to fight the dragon alone.'
- adverbial
- relative ✓
- complex
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- Which type of sentence is used here as a cohesive device? 'The palisades were still ablaze and the mead-hall had been reduced to smouldering ash.'
- adverbial complex
- relative complex
- compound ✓
- non-finite (-ing) complex
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- Which of the below are fronted adverbials of place?
- Soon,
- The next morning,
- On his left, ✓
- All around him, ✓
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- In which sentence is the colon in the correct position to introduce an explanation?
- Wiglaf protested: he knew Beowulf was not as strong as he had once been. ✓
- Wiglaf protested, he knew: Beowulf was not as strong as he had once been.
- Wiglaf protested he knew Beowulf was not: as strong as he had once been.
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Exit quiz
- Which narrative elements have been used here? 'As he watched, a filth-encrusted serpent emerged slowly from a well-hidden hole in the headland.'
- action ✓
- emotion
- description ✓
- dialogue
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- Which narrative elements have been used here? '“Prepare to meet your maker, serpent!” the old king roared …'.
- action ✓
- emotion ✓
- description
- dialogue ✓
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- Which of the below are fronted adverbials of manner?
- Just then,
- Angrily, ✓
- Slowly, ✓
- On one side,
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- Which of the below are fronted adverbials of place?
- On its back, ✓
- At that moment,
- In the distance, ✓
- Suddenly,
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- Which of the following are compound adjectives?
- well-hidden ✓
- dragon-slayer
- weather-beaten ✓
- cold-blooded ✓
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- What mood have we aimed for in the build-up of our narrative?
- calm
- beautiful
- tense ✓
- grumpy
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when structure, content and vocabulary are planned.
- We aim to use a range of narrative elements in our writing and to set an appropriate mood with them.
- We use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas, including a variety of fronted adverbials.
- We can create compound adjectives using hyphens to add descriptive detail.
- We can use dialogue to add to the tense mood of our writing.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to connect ideas with appropriate cohesive devices.
When completing shared writing, model considering and rejecting different ways of combining or connecting ideas; there is almost always more than one 'right' way and it is up to us to decide which we want to use.
Keywords
Narrative elements - the content of a narrative, often including action, description, dialogue and emotions
Compound adjective - an adjective formed of two hyphenated words
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Direct speech - when the exact words spoken by someone are written down, enclosed in inverted commas
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