Writing the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise'

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Generating questions about the characters in the animated story 'Otherwise'

Sequencing and retelling the story of the animation 'Otherwise'

Generating vocabulary to use when writing the story of the animation 'Otherwise'

Planning to write the opening of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Writing the opening of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Planning to write the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Planning to write the climax of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Writing the climax of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Editing your climax and a pre-written resolution of the animated story 'Otherwise'

In this unit, pupils have learned how to write compound sentences using co-ordinating conjunctions. In 'Lucky Dip: Narrative Writing', pupils will learn how to use joining conjunctions to write complex sentences. 

In 'Jack and the Beanstalk', pupils learned how to write a series of mostly simple sentences to form a narrative. In this unit, pupils will begin to extend their ideas by writing compound sentences. 

In this unit, pupils write their own version of the short animation 'Otherwise'. Pupils write a narrative opening, build-up and climax, building on their understanding of beginning, middle, end narrative structuring from Year 1. Pupils edit their own writing at the end of the unit.

'Otherwise': narrative writing

True or false? Fronted adverbials of time help let the reader know how much time has passed between each sentence. 

Which of these is a fronted adverbial of time? 

Which of these do fronted adverbials always need? 

Which of these fronted adverbials of time would you use to **increase** the speed of the action in your writing?

Which of these fronted adverbials of time could you use to **slow down** the action in your writing? 

Which of these fronted adverbials of time is written correctly? 

True or false? The build-up develops the plot and characters. 

Anders begins to feel that he is different to the other chameleons. 

Anders feels left out by the other chameleons because he looks different. 

Anders goes for a swim to cheer himself up. 

Order these parts of the build-up of 'Otherwise'. 

True or false? When we write a plan, we use notes. 

Writing the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Lesson outcome