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

English

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

to invite the reader to think about what's happening in the story

What is the purpose of a rhetorical question?

A {{}} sentence is formed of a main clause and a subordinate clause.

A colourful bunch of balloons floated towards him as he stared in amazement. 

A colourful bunch of balloons, floated towards him as he stared in amazement. 

A colourful bunch of balloons floated towards him, as he stared in amazement. 

A colourful, bunch of balloons floated towards him, as he stared in amazement. 

The man opened the gift and his eyes widened in surprise. 

As he opened the gift, the man's eyes widened in surprise. 

Complete the following sentence with an appropriate fronted adverbial: '__________ she ran down the stairs on Christmas morning.' 

Lily opened her presents and hugged her family on Christmas Day.

The man received his present: a telescope. 

Put the key moments of the climax in the correct order. 

Which of these words need to start with a capital letter? 

When writing our climax, we use vocabulary and ideas from our {{}} to help us structure our text. 

What are the different sentence types that you can use in your writing?

Starter Quiz