Starter quiz
- Put the key moments of the climax in the correct order.
- 1⇔Lily opened her presents and hugged her family on Christmas Day.
- 2⇔A bunch of balloons landed on the moon.
- 3⇔The man received his present: a telescope.
- Which of these words need to start with a capital letter?
- balloons
- lily ✓
- presents
- christmas ✓
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- the Man stared in amazement.
- the man stared in amazement.
- The man stared in amazement. ✓
- The Man stared in amazement.
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- With, joy Lily hugged her family.
- With joy, Lily hugged her family. ✓
- With joy Lily hugged her family.
- With, joy, Lily hugged her family.
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- When writing our climax, we use vocabulary and ideas from our ______ to help us structure our text.
- 'plan' ✓
- What are the different sentence types that you can use in your writing?
- complex ✓
- fronted adverbial
- simple ✓
- subordinate clause
- compound ✓
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Exit quiz
- The purpose of the climax is to:
- show the main action ✓
- introduce the characters
- start to resolve a problem ✓
- summarise the story
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- What is the purpose of a rhetorical question?
- to give the reader general facts
- to invite the reader to think about what's happening in the story ✓
- to make the reader feel frustrated
- to involve the reader in the story ✓
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- A ______ sentence is formed of a main clause and a subordinate clause.
- 'complex' ✓
- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- A colourful bunch of balloons floated towards him as he stared in amazement. ✓
- A colourful bunch of balloons, floated towards him as he stared in amazement.
- A colourful bunch of balloons floated towards him, as he stared in amazement.
- A colourful, bunch of balloons floated towards him, as he stared in amazement.
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- Match the sentence type to its example.
- simple⇔The man opened the gift. ✓
- compound⇔The man opened the gift and his eyes widened in surprise. ✓
- complex⇔As he opened the gift, the man's eyes widened in surprise. ✓
- Complete the following sentence with an appropriate fronted adverbial: '__________ she ran down the stairs on Christmas morning.'
- With frustration,
- Ecstatically, ✓
- In addition,
- Slowly,
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The purpose of the climax is to describe the highest tension, pace and action and to start to solve the problem.
- Saying sentences aloud before they are written helps to check for sense.
- Using the full range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
- A rhetorical question engages the reader and makes them feel more curious about the narrative.
- Fronted adverbials of time, place and manner describe the action in the main clause in further detail.
Common misconception
Pupils might write about moments that take place in the opening, build-up or resolution.
The climax follows a clear, chronological order that includes the three key moments from pupils' plans.
Keywords
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Past tense - shows that the action happened before now
Rhetorical question - a question asked to the reader that does not expect an answer
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