Planning the opening of 'The Iron Man' | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Put the sections of a narrative in chronological order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  opening
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  build-up
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  climax
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  resolution
What does a full sentence need to include?
- a full stop (or other closing punctuation) ✓
- a capital letter ✓
- a conjunction
- a comma
- a verb ✓
Match each word class to its example.
- verb
  
  ⇔
  
  gazed ✓
- noun
  
  ⇔
  
  cliff ✓
- adverb
  
  ⇔
  
  slowly ✓
- adjective
  
  ⇔
  
  deep ✓
What linguistic device is 'Carefully,' an example of?
- a fronted adverbial of manner ✓
- a subordinate clause
- a main clause
- a co-ordinating conjunction
What is a plan?
- a type of narrative
- a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text ✓
- a full piece of finished writing
Put these events from the opening of 'The Iron Man' in the correct order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man stood on the very edge of a cliff in the middle of the night.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man fell off the cliff and “crashed” onto the the beach below.
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man’s body broke apart and his parts were “scattered” all around.
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man gradually reassembled his body.
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man walked deep into the ocean until he disappeared under the surface.

The purpose of the opening is …
- to introduce the characters. ✓
- to solve a problem.
- to convey the atmosphere. ✓
- to build up the tension.
- to describe the setting. ✓
Put the key moments of the opening of 'The Iron Man' in the correct order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man stood on the edge of a cliff in the middle of the night.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man fell off the cliff and landed on the beach below.
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man’s body broke apart and his parts were dispersed.
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man reassembled his body.
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  The Iron Man walked into the ocean until he disappeared under the water.
A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader when the action in the main clause takes place.
- time ✓
- place
- manner
Choose an appropriate fronted adverbial to start the following sentence: '__________ the Iron Man reassembled his body.'
- As a result,
- Carefully, ✓
- Interestingly,
- At the top of a cliff,
What is included in a plan?
- notes that can be written in bullet points ✓
- full sentences
- ambitious vocabulary ✓
- paragraphs
Which word is the verb in the following sentence? 'The Iron Man gradually strode deeper into the ocean.'
- gradually
- strode ✓
- deeper
- ocean

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The purpose of the opening is to engage the reader and to introduce the setting and characters.
When we plan, we note precise and ambitious vocabulary to help paint vivid pictures and convey the desired atmosphere.
A fronted adverbial of time, place or manner indicates when, where or how action in the rest of a sentence takes place.
A plan includes notes, a sequence of events and ambitious vocabulary.

Pupils may think they need to write full sentences on their plan.

Plans are written to support pupils with future writing. Plans include ambitious vocabulary in note form.

Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Atmosphere - the mood created in a section or whole of a text
Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma