Starter quiz
- Fill in the missing word: The __________ is the section of a story where the writer brings the story to a close.
- opening
- build-up
- climax
- resolution ✓
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- What is the main purpose of the resolution?
- introduce the setting
- describe the main action
- build up the tension and excitement
- bring the story to a close ✓
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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' ✓
- Which sentences are written in the past tense?
- The victorious boy proudly marched through the luscious woods. ✓
- The victorious boy will march through the luscious woods.
- The victorious boy was proudly marching through the luscious woods. ✓
- The victorious boy proudly marches through the luscious woods.
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- You can copy out the notes from your plan exactly as they are.
- 'false' ✓
- Which of the following speech sentences is correctly punctuated?
- oh father! I've accomplished the unthinkable!" he uttered happily.
- "Oh father! I've accomplished the unthinkable! he uttered happily.
- "Oh father! I've accomplished the unthinkable!" he uttered happily. ✓
- "oh father! I've accomplished the unthinkable" he uttered happily.
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Exit quiz
- True or false? 'A complex sentence is a sentence consisting of a main clause and a type of subordinate clause.'
- True ✓
- False
- What is the purpose of a rhetorical question?
- to engage the reader in the story ✓
- to make the reader feel frustrated
- to give the reader general facts
- to make the reader laugh
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- With a deep breath he edged towards the creature, and he picked up its head.
- With, a deep breath, he edged towards the creature and he picked up its head.
- With a deep breath, he edged towards the creature and he picked up its head. ✓
- With a deep breath he edged towards the creature and he picked up its head.
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- Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?
- As he stared in excitement he exclaimed "You slayed the Jabberwock!"
- As he stared in excitement he exclaimed, You slayed the Jabberwock!"
- As he stared in excitement, he exclaimed, "You slayed the Jabberwock!" ✓
- As he stared in excitement, he exclaimed, You slayed the Jabberwock
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- True or false? This direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated: ''you slayed the Jabberwock exclaimed the man in excitement.
- True
- False ✓
- Which is the adverb in this sentence: Proudly, the young man paraded around with the severed head in his hands.
- paraded
- servered
- hands
- proudly ✓
- young
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The purpose of the resolution is to resolve a story and to solve any of the characters’ problems.
- A range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
- Notes from a plan can be used to form full sentences.
- Paragraphs are used to indicate the start of a new idea or key moment.
- Direct speech is punctuated using inverted commas. Dialogue moves the action forward.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it difficult to use accurate punctuation when writing direct speech that is part of a complex sentence.
Refer to the Year 4 Grammar unit 'Apostrophes and speech punctuation' to support pupils with writing direct speech correctly. Remind pupils to start a new line each time there is a new speaker.
Keywords
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Paragraph - a distinct section of a piece of writing, indicated by a new line and an indentation
Direct speech - the words that a character is speaking out loud in a text
Rhetorical question - a question asked to the reader that does not expect an answer
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