Editing your climax and a pre-written resolution of the animated story 'Otherwise'

English

Generating questions about the characters in the animated story 'Otherwise'

Sequencing and retelling the story of the animation 'Otherwise'

Generating vocabulary to use when writing the story of the animation 'Otherwise'

Planning to write the opening of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Writing the opening of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Planning to write the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Writing the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Planning to write the climax of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Writing the climax of the animated story 'Otherwise'

In this unit, pupils have learned how to write compound sentences using co-ordinating conjunctions. In 'Lucky Dip: Narrative Writing', pupils will learn how to use joining conjunctions to write complex sentences. 

In 'Jack and the Beanstalk', pupils learned how to write a series of mostly simple sentences to form a narrative. In this unit, pupils will begin to extend their ideas by writing compound sentences. 

In this unit, pupils write their own version of the short animation 'Otherwise'. Pupils write a narrative opening, build-up and climax, building on their understanding of beginning, middle, end narrative structuring from Year 1. Pupils edit their own writing at the end of the unit.

'Otherwise': narrative writing

What is the last part of a story staircase called? 

resolve the problem of the main character

Which of these is a purpose of the resolution?

True or false? The resolution usually ends the story with everything resolved.

In the resolution, where does Anders accidentally find himself? 

True or false? 'Otherwise' ends happily because Anders is no longer alone. 

What part of the story staircase comes after the climax? 

The purpose of the climax is to do which of these? 

Fill in the blank. Two simple sentences joined together is called a __________ sentence.

Compound sentences contain two simple sentences joined with which of these? 

Which of these is a fronted adverbial of manner? 

Starter Quiz

What part of the story staircase comes after the climax?