a main character or central figure in a story or narrative

special qualities that make a character in a story unique and interesting

the order of events within a narrative that gives it a coherent and engaging flow

strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood or relationships with others

Exploring Addie's character

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Understanding the historical context of the Scottish witch trials

Using drama to explore a character 'low'

Adopting different perspectives

Planning the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark' including switches in perspective

Writing the first half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

Writing the second half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

Self-editing the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

Exploring a historical scenario linked to ‘A Kind of Spark’

Exploring Addie's speech in the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'

Planning the climax of 'A Kind of Spark' including flashbacks

Writing the first section of the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'

Writing the next two sections of the climax, including a flashback

Writing the final sections of the climax, including a flashback

Self-editing the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'

In this unit, pupils finesse writing a build-up and climax with a focus on switching between the past and present tense to highlight a jump in perspective. In 'When The Sky Falls’: Narrative and Diary Writing', pupils will write a narrative climax and use it as the stimulus for writing a diary entry from a character's perspective.

In 'Beowulf’, pupils rewrote the build-up and climax of a scene from the end of ’Beowulf’, focusing on interspersing dialogue to convey atmosphere and advance the action. In this unit, pupils will finesse writing a build-up and climax with a focus on switching between the past and present tense to highlight a jump in perspective.

In this unit, pupils write a build-up and climax based on the text, 'A Kind of Spark'. They learn to switch tense to highlight a jump in perspective from narrative prose to an internal monologue and from present to past tense to indicate a flashback. These outcomes can be used for KS2 SATS writing.

'A Kind of Spark': narrative writing

Which of the following are character traits of Keedie? 

Which character has the following traits? Kind, thoughtful, brave, passionate.

finding it hard to read people's expressions and intentions

finding it hard having to 'mask' all the time

Which of these are features of Addie's autism? 

Put these elements of a story structure in order. 

to increase the tension by introducing problems

to show the main drama or excitement in the story

to solve the problems introduced in the build-up

Match each element of a story structure to its purpose. 

Which part of the story does the following event fall into? 'Audrey gives Addie a new thesaurus.'

When did the Scottish witch trials occur? 

Which best describes belief in religion in the Early Modern period? 

Which of the following people would be most likely to be accused of witchcraft in the Early Modern period?

Which of these might help you to avoid being convicted of witchcraft? 

an apology to victims of the witch trials

a memorial for victims of the witch trials

Which of the following have **not** yet been done in Scotland?

How many people were executed for witchcraft during the Scottish witch trials? 

Exploring Addie's character

Lesson outcome