Planning the build-up of 'The Happy Prince' | English

Starter quiz

Fill in the missing word. In 'The Happy Prince', the prince is __________ about the suffering in the city.
- furious
- concerned ✓
- excited
- joking
What is a plan?
- a final piece of written work
- a framework that writers create before they write ✓
- a writer's first ideas said aloud about their writing
Why does the prince ask the bird to help him?
- The bird is quicker than him.
- The prince is too scared to move.
- The prince is a statue so he is unable to go to those in need himself. ✓
- The bird is a compassionate creature.
Which of these is a fronted adverbial followed by?
- exclamation mark
- full stop
- comma ✓
- question mark
What does a full sentence need to include?
- a comma
- a capital letter ✓
- a verb ✓
- a full stop (or other closing punctuation) ✓
- a conjunction
Match the word class to its example.
- noun
  
  ⇔
  
  seamstress ✓
- verb
  
  ⇔
  
  soared ✓
- adjective
  
  ⇔
  
  valuable ✓
- adverb
  
  ⇔
  
  quickly ✓

True or false? A plan should be written in full sentences.
- True
- False ✓
What are the purposes of the build-up of a narrative?
- to introduce the characters and setting
- to build up the excitement ✓
- to ask the reader direct questions so that they carry on reading
- to develop the characters ✓
Fill in the gap: A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader how the action in the main idea takes place.
- time
- place
- manner ✓
- cause
Order the four key moments of the build-up chronologically.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  The prince tells the bird about the poor seamstress and her unwell son.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  The bird gives the red jewel to the mother and this helps the boy feel better.
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  The prince sacrifices his own well-being to help others in the city.
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  The bird is worried abut the prince and he refuses to leave him alone.
Which of the following are always true about dialogue?
- It makes the reader laugh.
- It is the written conversation between two or more characters in a narrative. ✓
- It gives human qualities to non-human objects.
- It helps move the story forward. ✓
- It describes a noun in further detail.
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
- The concerned bird.
- The concerned bird reluctantly agreed. ✓
- The concerned, reluctant bird.

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The purpose of the build-up is to develop the characters and build up the excitement.
When we plan, we log precise and ambitious vocabulary to help paint vivid pictures for our reader.
Fronted adverbials of time, place and manner are included in a plan to add extra detail about the action.
Dialogue is the written conversation between two characters or more within a narrative and it moves the story forward.
A plan is written in note-form, out of full sentences.

Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.

Planning should only log key vocabulary and it should be written in note-form using bullet points.

Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose
Fronted adverbial - sentence starter followed by a comma
Dialogue - the written conversation between two characters or more within a narrative