the mind’s ability to create pictures and ideas that aren’t real

a feeling, emotion or opinion that can be discussed about something someone has seen or heard

British English CC

Developing initial responses to 'The Man on the Moon'

English

Summarising and sequencing the story of 'The Man on the Moon'

Generating ambitious vocabulary for narrative writing

Planning the opening of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the opening of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the build-up of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the build-up of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the climax of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the climax of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Planning the resolution of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Writing the resolution of a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

Editing a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon'

In this unit, pupils learned how to use a range of fronted adverbials. In the next unit, pupils will learn how to use a wider range of sentence starters.

In 'The BFG', pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils learn how to use vocabulary in a wider range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation.

In this unit, pupils write their own version of the short film 'The Man on the Moon'. The unit encourages pupils to build on their understanding of the narrative structure of opening, build-up, climax and resolution. Each section is written with a focus on using certain sentence types.

'The Man on the Moon': narrative writing

The main characters in 'The Man on the Moon' are:

Viewers might feel sorry for the man on the moon because ...

Finish this sentence: 'Imagination is the mind’s ability to create pictures and ideas that are not {{}}.'

the importance of spending time with your family.

the importance of connecting with others who may be lonely.

'I liked how much compassion Lily showed' is an example of which of the following?

a moving story that you watch on a screen.

is the sense that something big is about to happen.

Exit Quiz

The main characters in 'The Man on the Moon' are: