Starter quiz
- Which sentence is written in the past tense?
- He wipes the sweat from his brow as he gathers his strength.
- He wiped the sweat from his brow as he gathered his strength. ✓
- He will wipe the sweat from his brow as he gathers his strength.
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- True or false? You can copy out the notes from your plan exactly as they are.
- True
- False ✓
- Which of the following is a simple sentence?
- Darkness enveloped the forbidden forest and shadows lurked in the corners.
- As dusk approached, darkness enveloped the forbidden forest.
- Darkness enveloped the forbidden forest. ✓
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- Order the four key moments of the build-up chronologically.
- 1⇔The young man bravely walked through the dark forest looking for the Jabberwock.
- 2⇔He rested on a tree when he heard a strange, ominous noise.
- 3⇔The Jabberwock appeared from the shadows and slowly approached him.
- 4⇔The Jabberwock’s eyes were burning-red and it had fierce teeth and lethal claws.
- What is a complex sentence?
- a sentence formed of two main clauses
- a sentence formed of one main clause and a type of subordinate clause ✓
- a sentence formed of two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction
- a sentence formed of one main clause
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- Which of the following is a compound sentence?
- The knight sought solace against a tree although he knew he had to carry on.
- The brave knight sought solace against a tree, but he knew he had to carry on. ✓
- The brave knight sought solace against a tree.
- As he became tired, he sought solace against a tree.
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Exit quiz
- Fill in the missing word: The __________ is the section of a story where the writer develops the main characters and builds up the excitement. It is often a tense section.
- opening
- build-up ✓
- climax
- resolution
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- True or false? 'A complex sentence is a sentence consisting of a main clause and a type of subordinate clause.'
- True ✓
- False
- Which of these relative complex sentences is punctuated correctly?
- The warrior whose heart was in his mouth now glanced behind him.
- The warrior whose heart was in his mouth now, glanced behind him.
- The warrior, whose heart was in his mouth now glanced, behind him.
- The warrior, whose heart was in his mouth now, glanced behind him. ✓
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- Fill in the missing word: 'You can start a new __________ to signal the start of a new idea or key moment.'
- 'paragraph' ✓
- What is the purpose of a rhetorical question?
- to build up tension ✓
- to give the reader general facts
- to make the reader feel frustrated
- to engage the reader in the story ✓
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- As he wiped his brow, he heard an ominous sound from the depths, of the forest.
- As he wiped his brow he heard an ominous sound from the depths of the forest.
- As he wiped his brow, he heard an ominous sound from the depths of the forest. ✓
- As he wiped, his brow he heard an ominous sound from the depths of the forest.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The purpose of the build-up is to develop the characters’ emotions and build tension and suspense.
- Notes from a plan can be used to form full sentences.
- A new paragraph signifies a new key moment.
- A range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
- A relative complex sentence is formed of a main clause that can be interrupted by a relative clause.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle with how to apply the comma rule in a relative complex sentence.
Provide a visual scaffold of a relative complex sentence. Ask children to identify the relative pronoun that begins the relative clause and ensure that the visual highlights the comma rule.
Keywords
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Relative clause - a type of subordinate clause that starts with a relative pronoun
Rhetorical question - a question asked to the reader that does not expect an answer
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
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