Planning the resolution of 'Whale Rider'

English

Learning about the context of 'Whale Rider'

Retelling the story of 'Whale Rider'

Exploring characters' perspectives

Practising writing direct speech for 'Whale Rider'

Planning the opening of 'Whale Rider'

Writing the opening of 'Whale Rider'

Planning a narrative scene with direct speech in 'Whale Rider'

Writing a narrative scene with direct speech in 'Whale Rider'

Editing paragraphs of a narrative in 'Whale Rider'

Planning an emotive narrative scene in 'Whale Rider'

Writing paragraph one of an emotive narrative scene in 'Whale Rider'

Writing paragraph two of an emotive narrative scene in 'Whale Rider'

Writing the resolution of 'Whale Rider'

Publishing and reading my 'Whale Rider' narrative aloud

In this unit, pupils learn to develop speech from a film to varied speech sentence structures. In 'The Viewer', pupils will learn to think of speech sentences that develop character from a picture book.

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

In this unit, pupils write a range of narrative outcomes based on the film 'Whale Rider'. They analyse sections of the film carefully, from which they write an opening, an emotive scene and a resolution. Pupils also practise using speech punctuation accurately in their narratives.

'Whale Rider': narrative writing

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

What is the main purpose of the resolution of a narrative?

Paikea climbs onto its back and she encourages the whale to get into the water. 

Paikea rides the whale through the water in the sea.

Koro witnesses the whales’ response to her.

Koro understands that Paikea is chosen by their ancestors to lead the tribe. 

Put the five key moments of the resolution in chronological order. 

Which of the following is a fronted adverbial of **manner**?

At the edge of the water, Paikea felt her heart pounding in her chest. 

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

"You are the chosen one," stated Koro proudly. 

Which of the following contains 'show-not-tell' language'?

What language structure is this an example of? 'the great, majestic whale' 

a framework that writers create before they write

a writer's first ideas said aloud about their writing

Paikea disappears, never to be seen by the tribe again. 

Koro realises that Paikea is chosen by their ancestors to lead the tribe.

There is no-one left to become the leader of the tribe. 

Which of the following is true of the ending of 'Whale Rider'?

Starter Quiz

Order the sections of a narrative.