Practising writing direct speech for 'Whale Rider'

English

Learning about the context of 'Whale Rider'

Retelling the story of 'Whale Rider'

Exploring characters' perspectives

Planning the opening of 'Whale Rider'

Writing the opening of 'Whale Rider'

Planning a narrative scene with direct speech in 'Whale Rider'

Writing a narrative scene with direct speech in 'Whale Rider'

Editing paragraphs of a narrative in 'Whale Rider'

Planning an emotive narrative scene in 'Whale Rider'

Writing paragraph one of an emotive narrative scene in 'Whale Rider'

Writing paragraph two of an emotive narrative scene in 'Whale Rider'

Planning the resolution of 'Whale Rider'

Writing the resolution of 'Whale Rider'

Publishing and reading my 'Whale Rider' narrative aloud

In this unit, pupils learn to develop speech from a film to varied speech sentence structures. In 'The Viewer', pupils will learn to think of speech sentences that develop character from a picture book.

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

In this unit, pupils write a range of narrative outcomes based on the film 'Whale Rider'. They analyse sections of the film carefully, from which they write an opening, an emotive scene and a resolution. Pupils also practise using speech punctuation accurately in their narratives.

'Whale Rider': narrative writing

What is the name of the punctuation mark that indicates where the words the character said begin and end?

Which is the reporting clause in this speech sentence? ''I want to be the leader,'' declared Paikea calmly. 

True or false? This speech sentence is punctuated correctly: ''the leader will be a boy,'' exclaimed Koro. 

“Will it ever happen!” Paikea asked curiously.

“Will it ever happen?” Paikea asked curiously.

Will it ever happen?” Paikea asked curiously.

“Will it ever happen?” paikea asked curiously.

Which speech first sentence is correctly punctuated?

Match the adverb to the most appropriate verb.

her grandfather stated, “Our leader must be strong and wise.”

Her grandfather stated “Our leader must be strong and wise.”

Her grandfather stated, “our leader must be strong and wise.”

Her grandfather stated, “Our leader must be strong and wise.”

Which speech second sentence is correctly punctuated?

Order the sections of a narrative chronologically. 

Who are the main characters in 'Whale Rider'?

Which of the following nouns should begin with a capital letter?

paikea was determined to prove she could be a leader. 

Paikea was determined to prove she could be a leader

Paikea was determined to prove she could be a leader. 

Paikea was Determined to prove she could be a leader.

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

a word that tells the reader where the action takes place

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

Practising writing direct speech for 'Whale Rider'

Lesson outcome

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.