the point in the narrative that describes the main action and takes the suspense to its highest point

when you are feeling anxious or excited about what may happen

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

the term used for a character speaking out loud in a text

Planning the climax 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'

Planning the build-up of 'The Iron Man'

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

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

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

True or false? At the end of the build-up, everyone was happy with the solution of burying the Iron Man.

to describe the main action and take the suspense to its highest point

By spring the following year, the mound over the Iron Man was covered in grass.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake and then the earth split open.

The ravenous Iron Man rose out of the ground.

The farmers wanted to respond by calling in the army to destroy the Iron Man.

Hogarth protested and said he had a different idea.

Hogarth apologised to the Iron Man and offered him unlimited metal.

Put these key moments of the climax in order.

Match each word class to the appropriate vocabulary.

What is the **adverb** in the following sentence? 'As a family happily ate their picnic on the hill, they felt the earth beneath them tremble.'

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

Which of the following should be included in a plan?

Put the key parts of a narrative story structure in order.

The mysterious Iron Man fell off a cliff and his body broke apart.

He gradually pieced himself back together and went into the sea. 

The Iron Man ate all of the farmers’ machinery and they trapped him.

Hogarth befriended the Iron Man and led him to a scrapyard full of metal.

Put the following events from the story, 'The Iron Man', in the correct order.

it describes the main action and takes the suspense to its highest point

it builds suspense for the reader leading up to the climax

it introduces the main character and sets the scene

it resolves the problem encountered in the story

Starter Quiz

What is a plan?