a sentence starter that tells the reader how something happened or how a character was feeling

a sentence formed of two simple sentences and a joining word

Writing the climax of the animated story 'Otherwise'

English

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'

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

Planning to write 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

Which of these are types of fronted adverbial? 

True or false? A fronted adverbial of manner is a sentence starter that tells the reader how something happened or how a character was feeling.

Which of these is a fronted adverbial of manner?

Which of these does a fronted adverbial always need after it? 

True or false? Only one idea in a compound sentence must make sense on its own.

Which of these is a joining word used in compound sentences? 

True or false? The most exciting part of a story is the opening. 

True or false? The climax needs to create the highest point of tension and excitement.

Anders is blamed for one of the chameleons being taken.

Anders takes one of the chameleons to play with him.

A climax needs to describe the significant challenge or problem in a story. What is that problem in 'Otherwise'?

After the green chameleons blame Anders, what do they do? 

After the chameleons chase Anders through the jungle, what does he do to try and escape? 

What does Anders find at the top of the rocky mountain? 

Starter Quiz

True or false? The most exciting part of a story is the opening.