Writing the opening of 'Whale Rider'

English

In this unit, pupils learn to develop speech from a film to varied speech sentence structures. In 'The Viewer', pupils will learn to think of speech sentences that develop character from a picture book.

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

In this unit, pupils write a range of narrative outcomes based on the film 'Whale Rider'. They analyse sections of the film carefully, from which they write an opening, an emotive scene and a resolution. Pupils also practise using speech punctuation accurately in their narratives.

'Whale Rider': narrative writing

The __________ is the first section of a story where the writer describes the setting and main characters.

True or false? 'A complex sentence is a sentence consisting of a main clause and a subordinate clause.'

Thoughtfully, she, caressed the smooth exterior of his shell necklace.

Thoughtfully, she caressed the smooth exterior of his shell necklace.

Thoughtfully she caressed the smooth exterior of his shell necklace.

Thoughtfully she caressed, the smooth exterior of his shell necklace.

She caressed the smooth exterior of his shell necklace.

Paikea gazed at her grandfather while he looked out at the sea. 

She rode alongside him and they headed towards the sea. 

Match the sentence types to their examples.

Do not check back for spelling and punctuation errors.

The spiritual, thoughtful, girl rode on the bike towards the sparkling ocean. 

The spiritual thoughtful, girl rode on the bike towards the sparkling ocean. 

The spiritual thoughtful girl rode on the bike towards the sparkling ocean. 

The spiritual, thoughtful girl rode on the bike towards the sparkling ocean. 

a sentence with two main clauses and a conjunction

a sentence with a subordinating conjunction

Paikea and her grandfather are on a bicycle.

Her grandfather is cycling whilst Paikea looks up at him.

Paikea is holding onto Koro’s Maori necklace.

They cycle along the coast towards the sea.

They reach the house and Paikea chases him.

Order the five key moments of the opening chronologically. 

a sentence formed of one main clause and a fronted adverbial

a sentence formed of two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

a sentence formed of one main clause joined to an adverbial subordinate clause 

a sentence formed of two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction 

With the wind in her hair Paikea stared up lovingly at her grandfather

With the wind in her hair, Paikea stared up lovingly at her grandfather.

With the wind, in her hair, Paikea stared up lovingly at her grandfather

With the wind in her hair Paikea, stared up lovingly at her grandfather

One bright, sunny day, a young girl rides on a bike with her grandfather.

One bright, sunny day, a young girl is riding on a bike with her grandfather.

One bright, sunny day, a young girl rode on a bike with her grandfather.

One bright day, a young girl will be riding on a bike with her grandfather. 

Which sentence is written in the past tense?

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