Starter quiz
- What comes after the opening in a story staircase?
- climax
- resolution
- build-up ✓
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- What is the name for the creative writing technique that shows a character’s feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions?
- 'show-not-tell' ✓
- Which of these is an example of show-not-tell?
- Tears rolled down her cheeks ✓
- She felt sad
- She cried tears of sadness.
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- A relative clause begins a ...
- relative pronoun. ✓
- main clause.
- relative word.
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- True or false? A relative clause is a great thing to add to your writing to tell the reader additional information about a verb.
- True
- False ✓
- Which of these words is not a relative pronoun?
- who
- which
- then ✓
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Exit quiz
- What does the word internal mean?
- inside ✓
- outside
- both inside and outside
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- True or false? Internal thoughts are the thoughts, ideas, or questions that occur within an individual's mind.
- True ✓
- False
- The internal thoughts of a character can be shared with the reader following the same sentence structure as ...
- direct speech.
- speech second.
- reported speech. ✓
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- Which of these is an example of reported speech?
- "I want to play," said Sarah.
- Sarah said she wanted to play. ✓
- Sarah said, "I want to play."
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- Which of these is a synonym for 'thought'?
- wondered ✓
- said
- exclaimed
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- True or false? Including internal thoughts in your writing will help to vary your sentences.
- True ✓
- False
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The purpose of the build-up is to develop the plot and characters, introduce a problem and start to build up tension.
- Internal thoughts are the thoughts, ideas, or questions that occur within an individual's mind.
- Internal thoughts are written using the same sentence structure as reported speech.
- These are important to include in our writing because they tell the reader what a character is thinking/feeling.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it hard to come up with internal thoughts for a character.
Play a game of 'freeze frame' for different parts of the build-up and encourage children to share their thoughts and feelings, to support all children with ideas.
Keywords
Internal thoughts - the thoughts, ideas, or questions that occur within an individual's mind
Reported speech - the form of speech used to share what was said by someone without using a direct quote
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