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

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Developing initial responses to 'The Man on the Moon'

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'

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

to invite the reader to think about what's happening in the story

What is the purpose of a rhetorical question?

A {{__________}} sentence is formed of a main clause and a subordinate clause.

As the man slumped on the bench he gazed longingly at Earth.

As the man slumped on the bench, he gazed longingly at Earth.

As the man, slumped on the bench he gazed longingly at Earth.

As, the man slumped on the bench, he gazed longingly at Earth.

Lily stared longingly and she knew what she had to do. 

As Lily stared, she knew what she had to do.

Complete this sentence with an appropriate fronted adverbial: '__________ she tried to find a way to send the letter to the moon.' 

Which word needs to start with a capital letter?

When writing our build-up, we can use our {{__________}} to help us.

What are the different sentence types you can use in your writing?

Starter Quiz

Which word needs to start with a capital letter?