tells the reader when, where or how something happened

a sentence formed of at least one main clause and any type of subordinate clause

the use of simile, metaphor and personification to create vivid imagery

how a writer constructs their writing to convey emotions and mood to the reader

Planning a setting and character description based on 'The Highwayman'

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Understanding the context of 'The Highwayman'

Analysing stanzas one and two of 'The Highwayman'

Writing a setting and character description based on 'The Highwayman'

Analysing stanzas three and four of 'The Highwayman'

Planning the first part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Writing the first part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Planning and writing the second part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Editing the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Analysing stanzas five and six of 'The Highwayman'

Using drama to analyse the next section of 'The Highwayman'

Reviewing speech punctuation to write the next section of 'The Highwayman'

Planning the third part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Writing the third part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Editing the speech section of ‘The Highwayman’

Learning and reciting stanzas one to three of 'The Highwayman'

Learning and reciting stanzas four to six of 'The Highwayman'

In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language. In 'Shakespeare's ’Macbeth’: Narrative and Soliloquy Writing', pupils will use figurative language to write a narrative based on Shakespearean tragedy and convey characters' thoughts and feelings through soliloquy writing.

In 'The Viewer', pupils developed their use of cohesive devices and show-not-tell to convey character. In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language.

In this unit, pupils use 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes as the stimulus from which to write a character and setting description, a narrative build-up in third person prose and a section incorporating varied speech sentences. Pupils complete the unit reciting and memorising parts of the poem.

'The Highwayman': narrative writing

a sentence formed of two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

Select the definition of a complex sentence.

formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

formed of a main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause

formed of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause

Match the types of complex sentences to their definitions:

'Charging across the desolate moor' is an example of which type of subordinate clause? 

'As the stars glimmered in the sky above' is an example of which type of subordinate clause?

'Who wore a French-cocked hat' is an example of which type of subordinate clause?

Match the adverbial types to their examples:

comparing two things by saying that one thing is another

comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

giving human characteristics to non-human things

many words beginning with the same letter

Match each linguistic device to its definition.

Match each linguistic device to its example.

a group of words including a verb that makes sense on its own.

a group of words including a verb that does not make sense on its own.

Starter Quiz

Match each linguistic device to its definition.