Starter quiz
- 'The Man on the Moon' is a short ...
- film. ✓
- play.
- story.
- poem.
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- Chronological order is when events are placed in __________ order.
- alphabetical
- time ✓
- random
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- In the phrase 'the determined girl', what word class is 'determined'?
- noun
- adjective ✓
- adverb
- verb
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- 'The Man on the Moon' is a __________ story.
- fictional ✓
- true
- factual
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- Match the adjective to the noun it is describing.
- compassionate⇔Lily ✓
- alone⇔the man ✓
- quiet⇔the moon ✓
- noisy⇔Lily's house ✓
- The main message of 'The Man on the Moon' is to ...
- encourage the viewer to buy lots of presents at Christmas time.
- encourage the viewer to show compassion to others. ✓
- encourage the viewer to spend time with their family.
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Exit quiz
- When summarising a story, you explain ...
- what happened at the beginning of the story.
- every moment in detail.
- the key moments. ✓
- what happened at the end of the story.
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- Order the key moments of 'The Man on the Moon' in chronological order.
- 1⇔Lily was bored. She looked through her telescope.
- 2⇔Lily saw a man on the moon.
- 3⇔The man on the moon was lonely.
- 4⇔Lily kept trying to send a gift to the man on the moon.
- 5⇔A gift landed on the moon and the man was happy.
- When __________ the story, you order the events in chronological order.
- watching
- discussing
- sequencing ✓
- responding to
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- Order the sections of a story chronologically.
- 1⇔opening
- 2⇔build-up
- 3⇔climax
- 4⇔resolution
- Finish this sentence: 'The most exciting moment of the story takes place in the ______.'
- 'climax' ✓
- Match the moment of the story to the section it is found in.
- Lily sees a man on the moon.⇔opening ✓
- Lily tries to contact the man.⇔build-up ✓
- A gift arrives on the moon.⇔climax ✓
- The man waves at Lily.⇔resolution ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Narrative writing can be structured into an opening, a build-up, a climax and a resolution.
- Each part of a story has a specific purpose and intended effect for the reader.
- 'The Man on the Moon’ can be summarised into five key parts.
- Sequencing places the story's events in chronological order.
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse the purposes of the different sections of the story.
Each section serves a different purpose for the reader or viewer. One section may intend to set a scene whilst another may increase tension.
Keywords
Summary - tells the most important parts of a story in a short and simple way
Sequencing - arranging events in the order they happened in
Narrative - a story
Structure - the way a text is organised
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