Writing the climax of 'The Happy Prince'

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Engaging with the plot of 'The Happy Prince'

Exploring the moral and characters in 'The Happy Prince'

Planning the opening of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the opening of 'The Happy Prince'

Planning the build-up of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the build-up of 'The Happy Prince'

Planning the climax and resolution of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the resolution of 'The Happy Prince'

Publishing a piece of narrative writing based on 'The Happy Prince'

In this unit, pupils learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. In 'Whale Rider', pupils will learn to develop speech from a film to varied speech sentence structures.

In 'The Jabberwocky', pupils learnt to use vocabulary in a wide range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation. In this unit, pupils will learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. 

In this unit, pupils write a full narrative based on a rewritten version of the classic 'The Happy Prince'. Pupils write an opening, build-up, climax and resolution, focusing on all parts of the narrative arc in turn and building a full understanding of how each narrative section builds on another.

'The Happy Prince': narrative writing and reading

True or false? We should use a range of sentences in our writing.

Blankets of snow draped across the streets. 

Bird became frailer, but he did not leave the prince’s side.

The prince’s heart shattered as the bird took its final breath.

Match the sentence type to its definition.

What does an adverbial complex sentence consist of?

What is the name of the punctuation mark that indicates where the words the character said begin and end?

The prince asked, ''how will I live without you?''

The prince asked, How will I live without you?

The prince asked, ''How will I live without you?''

The prince asked ''How will I live without you?

Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?

The days were getting colder and longer. 

Which sentence includes an example of figurative language?

use the notes to form a range of full sentences

How do you use a plan to write part of a narrative?

Which of the following is a fronted adverbial of time?

Which piece of punctuation follows a fronted adverbial?

Bird became frailer and weaker, but he would not leave the prince’s side.

Bird took his final breath at the prince’s feet.

The prince was so devastated that his metal heart broke into two pieces. 

Order the four key moments of the climax chronologically. 

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Figurative language is the use of metaphor, simile and personification to paint vivid pictures for the {{}}.'

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

a sentence formed of two main clauses and a co-ordinating conjunction

Writing the climax of 'The Happy Prince'

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