Starter quiz
- Who are the main characters in 'The Man on the Moon'?
- the man ✓
- Lily's teacher
- Lily ✓
- Lily's brother
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- Match the word class to its definition.
- noun⇔a person, place or thing ✓
- adverb⇔a word that describes a verb ✓
- adjective⇔a word that describes a noun ✓
- verb⇔a doing or a being word ✓
- Which of these are examples of a fronted adverbial?
- the young, determined girl
- Excitedly, ✓
- How could she reach him?
- Later that night, ✓
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- Choose the most appropriate fronted adverbial to start this sentence: '__________ she scooted home excitedly.'
- Interestingly,
- After school, ✓
- However,
- As a result,
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- Order the sections of a narrative story correctly.
- 1⇔opening
- 2⇔build-up
- 3⇔climax
- 4⇔resolution
- Which two are the purpose of a build-up in a narrative?
- to develop the characters and plot ✓
- to introduce the characters
- to close the story
- to introduce a problem and build the tension ✓
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Exit quiz
- Order the key moments of the build-up chronologically.
- 1⇔Lily scooted home to look through her telescope.
- 2⇔The man sat on the bench.
- 3⇔Lily tried different ways to send her letter to the moon.
- Fill in the gap: A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader where the action in the main idea takes place.
- time
- place ✓
- manner
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- Choose an appropriate fronted adverbial to start this sentence: '__________, the frail man stared with a furrowed brow at the vast Earth.'
- In addition,
- Joyfully,
- Longingly, ✓
- As a result,
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- What is included in a plan?
- precise vocabulary ✓
- full sentences
- paragraphs
- notes that can be written in bullet points ✓
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- Choose the adverb that is most appropriate for describing Lily when she is scooting home after school.
- slowly
- excitedly ✓
- carefully
- curiously
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- Choose an appropriate rhetorical question for the build-up of 'The Man on the Moon'.
- Who could it be?
- What was her name?
- Would the letter ever reach him? ✓
- What is your name?
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The purpose of the build-up is to develop the characters and introduce a problem to increase the tension.
- Precise and ambitious vocabulary is logged on a plan for future use.
- Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to make notes clear.
- Fronted adverbials of time, place and manner indicate when, where and how an action takes place.
Common misconception
Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.
Planning should only have key vocabulary and be written in note-form using bullet points.
Keywords
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 - a sentence starter followed by a comma
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