Planning the opening of 'The Iron Man'

English

'The Jabberwocky: Narrative Writing' - In this unit, pupils learn how to use speech first with inverted commas. In ‘The Jabberwocky’, pupils will learn how to use speech first within complex sentences.

In 'The BFG', pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils will vary the position of the subordinate clause in a complex sentence.

In this unit, pupils write their own complete narrative version of 'The Iron Man', based on their understanding and exploration of the original text by Ted Hughes from the accompanying reading unit. Pupils write the full narrative arc from opening to build-up, climax and resolution.

'The Iron Man': narrative writing

The Iron Man stood on the edge of a cliff in the middle of the night.

The Iron Man fell off the cliff and landed on the beach below.

The Iron Man’s body broke apart and his parts were dispersed.

The Iron Man walked into the ocean until he disappeared under the water.

Put the key moments of the opening of 'The Iron Man' in the correct order.

A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader **when** the action in the main clause takes place.

Choose an appropriate fronted adverbial to start the following sentence: '__________ the Iron Man reassembled his body.' 

notes that can be written in bullet points

Which word is the verb in the following sentence? 'The Iron Man gradually strode deeper into the ocean.'

Put the sections of a narrative in chronological order. 

a full stop (or other closing punctuation)

What does a full sentence need to include?

What linguistic device is 'Carefully,' an example of?

The Iron Man stood on the very edge of a cliff in the middle of the night.

The Iron Man fell off the cliff and “crashed” onto the the beach below.

The Iron Man’s body broke apart and his parts were “scattered” all around.

The Iron Man gradually reassembled his body.

The Iron Man walked deep into the ocean until he disappeared under the surface.

Put these events from the opening of 'The Iron Man' in the correct order.

Starter Quiz