Planning to write the build-up 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'

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

What part of the story staircase comes after the opening?

Another purpose of the build-up is to ...

Why will the green chameleons not be friends with Anders? 

True or false? Using ambitious vocabulary means using words that are precise and descriptive. 

to help the writer to organise information easily for future use

When we plan, we use notes. What is the purpose of using notes in our planning? 

True or false? When planning, we will include nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. 

Which part of the story staircase is where the plot and characters are developed?

What else should a writer do in their build-up? 

What does Anders do in the build-up to cheer himself up? 

True or false? Verbs are doing or being words.

Which of these word types can be used to describe verbs?

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

Planning to write the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise'

Lesson outcome

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.