Writing a setting description based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'

English

In this unit, pupils embed narrative skills including show-not-tell and dialogue to convey character and a were introduced to a range of cohesive devices. In 'The Viewer', pupils will further develop their use of cohesive devices and develop strategies to build suspense when describing a setting.

In 'Whale Rider', pupils developed their narrative writing skills by using show-not-tell and dialogue to convey character. In this unit, pupils will further embed these skills and use a range of devices to build cohesion. 

'How to Train Your Dragon': diary and narrative writing

how well a paragraph flows for the reader when reading it

a punctuation mark that indicates when a noun belongs to another noun

a type of subordinate clause that starts with a relative pronoun 

a type of subordinate clause starting with a subordinating conjunction

Select the correct use of an apostrophe for singular possession:

Select the correct use of an apostrophe for plural possession.

which battered and crashed against the cliffs

Match the types of clause to their examples:

a sentence with two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

a sentence with a main clause and any type of subordinate clause

Match the sentence types to their definitions:

a group of words containing a verb that make complete sense

a group of words containing a verb that does not make sense

Select the adverbial subordinate clauses below.

Match the adverbial types to their examples:

two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

a main clause joined with a subordinate clause

Match the sentence types to their clause structures:

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Writing a setting description based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.