Summarising and sequencing the story of 'The Man on the Moon'

English

Developing initial responses to 'The Man on the Moon'

Generating ambitious vocabulary for narrative writing

Planning the opening of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the opening of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the build-up of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the build-up of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the climax of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the climax of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the resolution of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the resolution of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Editing a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

In this unit, pupils learned how to use a range of fronted adverbials. In the next unit, pupils will learn how to use a wider range of sentence starters.

In 'The BFG', pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils learn how to use vocabulary in a wider range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation.

In this unit, pupils write their own version of the short film 'The Man on the Moon'. The unit encourages pupils to build on their understanding of the narrative structure of opening, build-up, climax and resolution. Each section is written with a focus on using certain sentence types.

'The Man on the Moon': narrative writing

what happened at the beginning of the story. 

When summarising a story, you explain ...

Lily was bored. She looked through her telescope.

Lily kept trying to send a gift to the man on the moon.

A gift landed on the moon and the man was happy. 

Order the key moments of 'The Man on the Moon' in chronological order. 

When __________ the story, you order the events in chronological order.

Order the sections of a story chronologically. 

Finish this sentence: 'The most exciting moment of the story takes place in the {{}}.'

Match the moment of the story to the section it is found in. 

Chronological order is when events are placed in __________ order.

In the phrase 'the determined girl', what word class is 'determined'?

'The Man on the Moon' is a __________ story. 

Match the adjective to the noun it is describing.

encourage the viewer to buy lots of presents at Christmas time.

encourage the viewer to show compassion to others.

encourage the viewer to spend time with their family.

The main message of 'The Man on the Moon' is to ...

Starter Quiz

'The Man on the Moon' is a short ...