when you are feeling anxious or excited about what may happen

a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text

high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose

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

Planning the build-up of 'The Iron Man'

English

Sequencing and retelling the story of 'The Iron Man'

Planning the opening of 'The Iron Man'

Writing the opening of 'The Iron Man'

Writing the build-up of 'The Iron Man' (part one)

Writing the build-up of 'The Iron Man' (part two)

Planning the climax of 'The Iron Man'

Writing the climax of 'The Iron Man'

Planning the resolution of 'The Iron Man'

Writing the resolution of 'The Iron Man'.

'The Jabberwocky: Narrative Writing' - In this unit, pupils learn how to use speech first with inverted commas. In ‘The Jabberwocky’, pupils will learn how to use speech first within complex sentences.

In 'The BFG', pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils will vary the position of the subordinate clause in a complex sentence.

In this unit, pupils write their own complete narrative version of 'The Iron Man', based on their understanding and exploration of the original text by Ted Hughes from the accompanying reading unit. Pupils write the full narrative arc from opening to build-up, climax and resolution.

'The Iron Man': narrative writing

feeling anxious or excited about what may happen 

feeling sad about what has already happened

Hogarth spotted the Iron Man and told his parents. His father went in search.

Hogarth's father told the other farmers and made a close escape from the giant.

The following morning, the farmers' machinery was found missing and half-eaten.

The farmers dug a hole to trap and bury the Iron Man, but he never came.

The overjoyed farmers buried the Iron Man. Then Hogarth felt sorrow and guilt.

Put the events in the build-up of the story in the correct order.

Which linguistic devices can writers use to build suspense?

Match each word type to the correct definition.

Put the following in order to show the structure of a narrative.

The Iron Man stood on the edge of a cliff.

The Iron Man walked into the ocean and disappeared.

The Iron Man fell off the cliff and broke into pieces.

How did the opening of 'The Iron Man' end?

to set the scene and introduce the protagonist

The Iron Man eats the farmers' machinery.

What problem is encountered in the build-up of 'The Iron Man'?

How does humanity respond to the Iron Man?

True or false? Everyone is happy after the Iron Man is buried.

Exit Quiz

What is the definition of suspense?