refers to putting the events that occur in a story in order, from the beginning to the end

the order of events within a narrative that gives it a coherent and engaging flow

to pull out the key events and ideas from the text

Sequencing and retelling the story of 'The Iron Man'

English

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)

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

Who is the 'protagonist' in 'The Iron Man'?

refers to putting the events that occur in a story in order

the order of events within a narrative that helps it flow

Match these keywords to the correct definition.

the order of events in a story that gives it a flow from beginning to end

introduces the main character and sets the scene

builds suspense for the reader leading up to the climax

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

resolves the problem encountered in the story

Match each part of a narrative to its purpose.

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.

The farmers wanted to destroy the Iron Man, but Hogarth had a different idea.

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

Number the following events, from 1-4, to correctly sequence the first part of the story.

Which of the following should we try to do when retelling a narrative?

writing that always gives true information

a person, animal or talking object in a story

the person who draws the illustrations in a story

Who is the protagonist in 'The Iron Man'?

a person, animal or talking object in the story

Starter Quiz

What is a narrative?