Starter quiz
- How do you use the notes from a plan to support your writing of a narrative?
- Copy it out word for word.
- Follow the chronology and use the notes to form full sentences. ✓
- You don't need them.
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- Put the following events in the build-up for Lila in the correct order.
- 1⇔Lila gathered her strength to continue climbing.
- 2⇔She continued her ascent, braving the heat.
- 3⇔Lila kept slidng backwards.
- 4⇔The pain was so bad that Lila didn't know if she could survive it.
- 5⇔Lila fell to the ground in agony.
- 6⇔A rock rolled towards Lila but it missed her.
- 7⇔The entrance to the Grotto was uncovered.
- What type of language is used to write a narrative build-up?
- precise and ambitious vocabulary ✓
- simple, everyday language
- rhyming words
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- Which of the following is a simple sentence?
- Step by step, Lila continued on her neverending climb. ✓
- Lila put one foot in front of the other and she continued on her climb.
- As Lila continued on her climb, the conditions worsened.
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- Which of the following is a compound sentence?
- Lila felt like she might die, but she knew there was no turning back. ✓
- Lila felt like she might die.
- As Lila battled against the torturous conditions, she felt like she might die.
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- Which of the following are adverbial complex sentences?
- Lila battled through the pain because she knew there was no turning back. ✓
- A huge rock rolled towards Lila.
- As the rock rolled towards Lila, she thought for certain it was all over. ✓
- Lila thought for certain that it was all over.
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Exit quiz
- True or false? A narrative build-up should be written using a range of sentence types.
- True ✓
- False
- How do you form an adverbial complex sentence?
- by joining two main clauses
- by joining an adverbial clause with a main clause ✓
- by writing one main clause
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- What should an adverbial clause always begin with?
- a coordinating conjunction
- a subordinating conjunction ✓
- a fronted adverbial
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- What is a rhetorical question?
- a question the author wants the reader to answer
- a question that is followed by an answer
- a question asked to the reader that does not expect an answer ✓
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- How does a rhetorical question engage the reader?
- It tells the reader what is going to happen next.
- It invites the reader to think about what is happening and become curious. ✓
- It is catchy.
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- How does the build-up end for Lila?
- She falls to the very bottom of the mountain.
- She gives up and goes home.
- She discovers the entrance to the Grotto. ✓
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Key learning points
- The purpose of a build-up is to move the main character’s journey forward and build tension.
- Precise and ambitious vocabulary shows and tells the reader what happened on her journey and how she was feeling.
- Using a range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
- An adverbial clause is joined with a main clause to form an adverbial complex sentence.
- Rhetorical questions can be used as a narrative device to engage the reader.
Common misconception
Children may struggle with developing an appropriate rhetorical question and writing it in the correct tense. E.g. 'Will she make it?'
Model appropriate examples in the past tense and highlight the ways in which it sounds like Lila is asking the question herself (despite the use of the 'she' pronoun). E.g. She decided to brave the heat. After all, wasn't she used to fire anyway?
Keywords
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Adverbial complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause
Rhetorical question - a question asked to the reader that does not expect an answer
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