Starter quiz
- Which person and tense does our narrative retelling of the duel scene in 'Romeo and Juliet' use?
- first person, present tense
- first person, past tense
- third person, past tense ✓
- third person, present tense
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- Which narrative element is shown here? 'At that moment, Tybalt lunged forward and he landed a heavy blow on Mercutio’s chest.'
- action ✓
- description
- dialogue
- emotion
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- Which narrative elements are shown here? '“Are you hurt?” cried Benvolio, rushing towards his friend.'
- action ✓
- description
- dialogue ✓
- emotion ✓
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- Which cohesive devices are shown here? 'Suddenly, he rushed towards Mercutio and he pushed his dazzling rapier aside.'
- adverbial complex sentence
- relative complex sentence
- compound sentence ✓
- fronted adverbial ✓
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- Which cohesive device is shown here? 'Letting out a soft groan, the wounded man fell to the ground.'
- adverbial complex sentence
- compound sentence
- non-finite (-ing) complex sentence ✓
- relative complex sentence
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- Which pieces of dialogue are punctuated correctly with inverted commas?
- “A plague on both your houses” he rasped.
- He rasped “A plague on both your houses!”
- “A plague on both your houses!” he rasped. ✓
- He rasped “a plague on both your houses!”
- He rasped, “A plague on both your houses!” ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which adjectives best describe the atmosphere we have aimed for in our narrative?
- slow
- fast ✓
- relaxed
- tense ✓
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- Which narrative elements are used in the following example? 'Dropping his rapier, Mercutio grimaced in pain.'
- action ✓
- description
- emotion ✓
- dialogue
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- Which adverb could complete the following sentence? 'Mercutio swaggered __________ towards Tybalt.'
- anxiously
- arrogantly ✓
- reluctantly
- uncontrollably
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- Which adverb could complete the following sentence? '“Romeo, get up! Here’s Tybalt approaching!” Benvolio gasped __________.'
- happily
- reluctantly
- worriedly ✓
- confidently
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- Which of these options could complete the following sentence? 'Romeo wept bitter tears __________.'
- that was why he felt sad.
- that spilled onto Mercutio's lifeless corpse. ✓
- that he let fall onto Mercutio's open wound. ✓
- that was the problem.
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- What cohesive devices have been used here? 'Plunging his rapier violently into the young man’s chest, Romeo cut a jagged wound that oozed crimson blood. Immediately, Tybalt fell down heavily.'
- non-finite (-ing) complex sentence ✓
- relative complex sentence
- adverbial complex sentence
- fronted adverbial of time ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- We have planned the structure, content and vocabulary for our narrative.
- When we write, we use cohesive devices to connect these plan notes together into coherent sentences.
- We should aim to include all the narrative elements of action, description, dialogue and emotions in our writing.
- Oral rehearsal prior to writing helps us to write more easily.
- We can use adverbs to add detail to describe how verbs have been done.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it difficult to punctuate direct speech correctly.
Complete lessons on punctuating direct speech can be found in our Year 5 Grammar curriculum; you may wish to briefly review a couple of these slides based on your assessment of pupils' work in the previous lesson.
Keywords
Narrative elements - the content of a narrative, often including action, description, dialogue and emotions
Adverb - a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, often showing the manner in which it happens
Cohesive devices - language features that contribute to text cohesion
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