the term used for a person speaking out loud in a text

a sentence that includes direct speech first before the reporting clause

a sentence includes direct speech second after the reporting clause

a clause that tells the reader who said the speech and how

Reviewing speech punctuation to write the next section of 'The Highwayman'

English

Understanding the context of 'The Highwayman'

Analysing stanzas one and two of 'The Highwayman'

Planning a setting and character description based on 'The Highwayman'

Writing a setting and character description based on 'The Highwayman'

Analysing stanzas three and four of 'The Highwayman'

Planning the first part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Writing the first part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Planning and writing the second part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Editing the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Analysing stanzas five and six of 'The Highwayman'

Using drama to analyse the next section of 'The Highwayman'

Planning the third part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Writing the third part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

Editing the speech section of ‘The Highwayman’

Learning and reciting stanzas one to three of 'The Highwayman'

Learning and reciting stanzas four to six of 'The Highwayman'

In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language. In 'Shakespeare's ’Macbeth’: Narrative and Soliloquy Writing', pupils will use figurative language to write a narrative based on Shakespearean tragedy and convey characters' thoughts and feelings through soliloquy writing.

In 'The Viewer', pupils developed their use of cohesive devices and show-not-tell to convey character. In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language.

In this unit, pupils use 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes as the stimulus from which to write a character and setting description, a narrative build-up in third person prose and a section incorporating varied speech sentences. Pupils complete the unit reciting and memorising parts of the poem.

'The Highwayman': narrative writing

includes direct speech before the reporting clause

includes direct speech after the reporting clause

tells the reader who said the speech and how

Match the keywords with their definitions:

Select the inverted commas from the options:

Fill in the blank. The __________ explains who spoke and how they said it.

Fill in the blank. The __________ signal where the words a character says begin and end.

“But you just got here!” Bess exclaimed.

“But you just got here” Bess exclaimed.

“But you just got here! Bess exclaimed.

Tick the correctly punctuated speech first sentence:

The Highwayman replied "I'll be back by dawn."

The Highwayman replied, "I'll be back by dawn"

The Highwayman replied, "I'll be back by dawn."

Tick the correctly punctuated speech second sentence.

In 'The Highwayman', what happens in stanza five?

True or false? The Highwayman loves Bess.

As the Highwayman speaks to Bess, who is spying on the couple?

Fill in this blank. __________ is when two or more characters are speaking.

Fill in the blank. In stanza five, the Highwayman speaks to ...

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

Reviewing speech punctuation to write the next section of 'The Highwayman'

Lesson outcome

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.