how a text is written to keep the reader engaged

shows that the action happened before now

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

a question asked to the reader that does not expect an answer

Writing the opening 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

do not check back for spelling and punctuation errors

'Whatever could it be?' is an example of ...

Lily slumped on the sofa and she sighed in boredom. 

As she slumped on the sofa, Lily sighed in boredom. 

Match the sentence types to their examples.

Complete the following complex sentence with an appropriate subordinate clause: 'Lily's eyes widened __________.'

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

Which of these nouns must start with a capital letter?

One wintry evening a young girl was slumped on the sofa. 

One, wintry evening a young girl was slumped on the sofa. 

One wintry evening, a young girl was slumped on the sofa. 

One wintry evening a young girl, was slumped on the sofa. 

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

Before writing sentences down, it is helpful to {{}} them aloud first. 

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