when you are feeling anxious or excited about what may happen

a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions and expressions

a type of subordinate clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction

a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

Writing a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers'

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Engaging with 'The Borrowers'

Understanding the setting and characters in 'The Borrowers'

Describing the setting in 'The Borrowers'

Discussing a section of 'The Borrowers'

Planning a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers'

Editing a section of narrative writing based on 'The Borrowers'

Discussing a section of 'The Borrowers' (part 2)

Planning a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers' (part 2)

Writing a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers' (part 2)

Presenting a narrative based on 'The Borrowers'

In this unit, pupils learn to use a range of fronted adverbials and adverbial clauses to add descriptive detail. In 'A Christmas Carol', pupils will learn to write a short narrative from a film. 

In 'The Firework Maker's Daughter', pupils developed the skill of writing speech, including using adverbs to describe the speech in further detail. In this unit, pupils will learn to use a range of fronted adverbials and adverbial clauses to add descriptive detail.

In this unit, pupils explore 'The Borrowers' through reading and writing activities. They sequence key events, analyse the setting and characters and write a descriptive setting piece. Pupils also plan, write, and edit sections of the build-up, developing their narrative writing skills.

'The Borrowers': narrative writing and reading

a type of subordinate clause starting with a subordinating conjunction

Match the keyword to the correct definition.

True or false? The purpose of the build-up is to bring the suspense to its highest point.

‘show and tell’ language that builds suspense

a range of sentence types to support text flow

Which of the following linguistic features should be included in the build-up?

a sentence made of just one main clause with just one idea

a sentence formed of two main clauses and a coordinating conjunction

Match the sentence types to their definition.

Match the subordinating conjunction to its meaning / purpose.

Plan and say each sentence before we write it.

When we write, we always try to do which of these things?

True or false? You can copy out the notes from your plan exactly as they are.

Arrietty spent weeks doing chores so she could prove she was ready to borrow.

Arrietty spent weeks doing chores as her mother watched.

Which of the following is a simple sentence?

a sentence formed of one main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

a sentence formed of two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

Arrietty spent weeks doing chores until Homily told Pod to take her borrowing.

Arrietty excitedly followed her father along the passages to the clock.

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

Select the example of 'show and tell' language.

Writing a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers'

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