Planning the build-up of 'The Happy Prince'

English

In this unit, pupils learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. In 'Whale Rider', pupils will learn to develop speech from a film to varied speech sentence structures.

In 'The Jabberwocky', pupils learnt to use vocabulary in a wide range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation. In this unit, pupils will learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. 

In this unit, pupils write a full narrative based on a rewritten version of the classic 'The Happy Prince'. Pupils write an opening, build-up, climax and resolution, focusing on all parts of the narrative arc in turn and building a full understanding of how each narrative section builds on another.

'The Happy Prince': narrative writing and reading

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

to ask the reader direct questions so that they carry on reading

What are the purposes of the build-up of a narrative?

Fill in the gap: A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader **how** the action in the main idea takes place.

The prince tells the bird about the poor seamstress and her unwell son. 

The bird gives the red jewel to the mother and this helps the boy feel better.

The prince sacrifices his own well-being to help others in the city.

The bird is worried abut the prince and he refuses to leave him alone.

Order the four key moments of the build-up chronologically. 

It is the written conversation between two or more characters in a narrative. 

It gives human qualities to non-human objects. 

Which of the following are always true about **dialogue**?

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

Fill in the missing word. In 'The Happy Prince', the prince is __________ about the suffering in the city. 

a framework that writers create before they write

a writer's first ideas said aloud about their writing

The prince is a statue so he is unable to go to those in need himself. 

Why does the prince ask the bird to help him?

Which of these is a fronted adverbial followed by?

a full stop (or other closing punctuation)

What does a full sentence need to include?

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