Generating ambitious vocabulary for narrative writing

English

Developing initial responses to 'The Man on the Moon'

Summarising and sequencing the story of 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the opening of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the opening of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the build-up of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the build-up of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the climax of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the climax of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the resolution of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the resolution of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Editing a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

In this unit, pupils learned how to use a range of fronted adverbials. In the next unit, pupils will learn how to use a wider range of sentence starters.

In 'The BFG', pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils learn how to use vocabulary in a wider range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation.

In this unit, pupils write their own version of the short film 'The Man on the Moon'. The unit encourages pupils to build on their understanding of the narrative structure of opening, build-up, climax and resolution. Each section is written with a focus on using certain sentence types.

'The Man on the Moon': narrative writing

Who are the main characters in 'The Man on the Moon'? 

Match the noun to another way of referring to it. 

When Lily is trying to communicate with the man, we can describe her as which of these adjectives?

Choose an appropriate adjective to describe the man when Lily sees him for the **first** time. 

Choose the adjectives which create a negative picture of the moon. 

When the man sees Lily through the telescope, he feels which of these adjectives?

a naming word for a person, place or thing

An adverb describes and adds extra detail to a verb.

Generating ambitious vocabulary for narrative writing

Lesson outcome