the sequence of events that make up the narrative

a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience

to pull out the key events and ideas from a text

a piece of literature that has stood the test of time

Engaging with the plot of 'The Happy Prince'

English

Exploring the moral and characters in 'The Happy Prince'

Planning the opening of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the opening of 'The Happy Prince'

Planning the build-up of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the build-up of 'The Happy Prince'

Planning the climax and resolution of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the climax of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the resolution of 'The Happy Prince'

Publishing a piece of narrative writing based on 'The Happy Prince'

In this unit, pupils learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. In 'Whale Rider', pupils will learn to develop speech from a film to varied speech sentence structures.

In 'The Jabberwocky', pupils learnt to use vocabulary in a wide range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation. In this unit, pupils will learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. 

In this unit, pupils write a full narrative based on a rewritten version of the classic 'The Happy Prince'. Pupils write an opening, build-up, climax and resolution, focusing on all parts of the narrative arc in turn and building a full understanding of how each narrative section builds on another.

'The Happy Prince': narrative writing and reading

Who was the original author of ‘The Happy Prince’?

Who are the main characters in 'The Happy Prince'?

True or false? 'The prince was able to give the ruby to the seamstress himself.' 

What happened to the statue when he realised that the bird was dying?

True or false? This is the moral of 'The Happy Prince': always share your belongings with others. 

The statue was upset by all the suffering in the city

The bird and the statue helped the people who were suffering

The bird became frailer and weaker in the cold winter

God asked the bird and the prince to look after the city's people. 

Order these key moments from 'The Happy Prince' in chronological order. 

What is the correct description of a fiction book? 

an information text about a real person's life

a text that provides real facts or information

a type of writing that can evoke emotion and can rhyme

a story that is written about imaginary characters and events 

Match the word to the correct definition. 

a person who writes stories or other texts

a person or animal in a story that action happens to

the lesson that can be learned from the story

Starter Quiz

What is the correct description of a fiction book?