the point in the narrative where the suspense and excitement reaches its highest point

high-level language in writing that meets the text's purpose

a writing technique for showing a character's feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions

a framework that writers create before they write a section of whole text

Planning part 1 of the climax of  'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

English

Reading the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Understanding Lila's feelings in the build-up of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Planning part 1 of the build-up of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Writing part 1 of the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Planning part 2 of the build-up of the 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Writing part 2 of the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Reading the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Writing part 1 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Planning part 2 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Using speech in the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Writing part 2 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

In this unit, pupils used complex sentences with certain subordinating conjunctions. In 'The Jabberwocky', pupils will use a wider range of subordinating conjunctions in complex sentences.

In the 'The Iron Man' unit, pupils learned how to punctuate direct speech in narrative writing. In this unit, pupils will develop the skill of writing speech, including using adverbs to describe the speech in further detail.

In this unit, pupils develop their ability to summarise key events from the text, exploring Lila's feelings in the build-up to these. Pupils plan and write both the build-up and the climax of the story, focusing on developing their use of complex sentences, precise vocabulary and speech.

'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and narrative writing

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Lila found only silence and darkness when she entered the Grotto.

A flicker of light became a thousand fireflies who lit up the cave.

The great fire spirit Razvani emerged from the centre of the light.

Put these events from the beginning of the climax in the correct order.

Match the key moment to the emotions Lila felt.

True or false? Precise description of a character's movements can convey their emotions.

Match the emotion to the appropriate 'show and tell' language.

What type of vocabulary should be included in your plan?

conveying a character's feelings through sensory details, thoughts and actions

explicitly stating how a character is feeling

True or false? The climax of a story involves the main action.

to move the main character's journey forward and build suspense

to build the suspense and excitement to its highest point in the story

What is the purpose of the climax of a story?

How does the climax in Chapter 5 of 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter' begin?

a writer's first ideas about their writing

a framework that writers create before they write

True or false? A plan should be written in full sentences.

Starter Quiz