the building of action and suspense that leads up to the climax in a narrative

when you are feeling anxious or excited about what may happen

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

Planning a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers' (part 2)

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In this unit, pupils learn to use a range of fronted adverbials and adverbial clauses to add descriptive detail. In 'A Christmas Carol', pupils will learn to write a short narrative from a film. 

In 'The Firework Maker's Daughter', pupils developed the skill of writing speech, including using adverbs to describe the speech in further detail. In this unit, pupils will learn to use a range of fronted adverbials and adverbial clauses to add descriptive detail.

In this unit, pupils explore 'The Borrowers' through reading and writing activities. They sequence key events, analyse the setting and characters and write a descriptive setting piece. Pupils also plan, write, and edit sections of the build-up, developing their narrative writing skills.

'The Borrowers': narrative writing and reading

Arrietty enjoyed the freedom of the outdoors and explored.

Arrietty ventured through the grass and settled by a tree.

As Arrietty lay in the sun, she spotted something that alarmed her. 

Arrietty realised she was looking at the eye of a human “bean”!

Arrietty felt terrified and considered how she could escape safely.

Order the following events from the build-up.

How does the atmosphere shift at the end of paragraph one?

True or false? We can use 'show and tell' to convey Arrietty's emotions.

Which language would you use to convey the shift from a peaceful to a concerning atmosphere?

Which ‘show and tell’ language accurately conveys how Arrietty felt after realising it was the eye of a human “bean”?

describing body language and facial expressions

only explicitly stating how a character feels

How does 'show and tell' language convey emotions?

a framework that writers create before they write

True or false? In a plan, it is important to write notes for a narrative in chronological order.

a word that names a person, place, thing or idea

a word that describes or gives more information about a verb

Match the word type to the correct definition.

Match the word type to the correct example.

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