Generating vocabulary to use when writing the story of the animation 'Otherwise'

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Generating questions about the characters in the animated story 'Otherwise'

Sequencing and retelling 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'

Writing 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

A setting is where the story takes place. 

Fiction stories can take place anywhere. 

Fill in the blank: A __________ must be described in as much detail as possible to help the reader clearly picture it in their mind.

Fill in the blank: Vocabulary refers to the __________ a writer uses. 

Fill in the blank: An expanded noun phrase is a group of words with no verb that adds detail to a ...

Which of these is a correctly written expanded noun phrase? 

Complete the sentence: Sequencing means...

If we are summarising a story in our own words, what are we doing?

To retell a story accurately, you need to include the key details. 

Finish the sentence: A sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens is known as a fronted adverbial of ...

Fill in the blank: Fronted adverbials of time always have a __________ after.

Which of these is a fronted adverbial of time?

Exit Quiz

A setting is where the story takes place.