Starter quiz
- What are the settings in 'The Man on the Moon'?
- a rocket
- Lily's house ✓
- the moon ✓
- Lily's school
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- Complete this sentence: 'The main characters in 'The Man on the Moon' are the man and ______.'
- 'Lily' ✓
- Which of these is a fronted adverbial followed by?
- full stop
- exclamation mark
- comma ✓
- question mark
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- Place the sections of narrative writing in the correct order.
- 1⇔opening
- 2⇔build-up
- 3⇔climax
- 4⇔resolution
- What does a full sentence need to include?
- a comma
- a capital letter ✓
- a verb ✓
- a full stop ✓
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- Match the word classes to their definitions.
- adjective⇔a word that describes a noun ✓
- noun⇔a person, place or thing ✓
- adverb⇔a word that describes a verb ✓
- verb⇔a doing or a being word ✓
Exit quiz
- What are the purposes of the opening of a narrative?
- to build up tension
- to engage the reader so that they carry on reading / watching ✓
- to entertain the reader with characters' spoken words
- to introduce the setting and characters ✓
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- Fill in the gap: A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader when the action in the main idea takes place.
- time ✓
- place
- manner
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- Order the three key moments of the opening chronologically .
- 1⇔Lily was bored at home.
- 2⇔Lily looked through her telescope.
- 3⇔Lily saw the man on the moon.
- Choose an appropriate fronted adverbial to start this sentence: '__________ the man appeared from a desolate shack.'
- Behind the curtains,
- Slowly, ✓
- As a result,
- Interestingly,
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- What is included in a plan?
- notes that can be written in bullet points ✓
- full sentences
- precise vocabulary ✓
- paragraphs
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- Match the emotions to the examples of show-not-tell.
- bored⇔She slumped on the sofa. ✓
- shocked⇔Her jaw dropped. ✓
- excited⇔Her eyes lit up with excitement. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The purpose of the opening is to engage the reader and introduce the setting and characters.
- 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.
- Show and tell vocabulary describes character emotions in greater detail.
- Fronted adverbials of time and place indicate when and where 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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