Planning the build-up of 'The Viewer'

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Engaging with the plot of 'The Viewer'

Generating vocabulary to describe a setting in 'The Viewer'

Generating vocabulary to describe a character in 'The Viewer'

Planning the opening of 'The Viewer'

Writing the opening of 'The Viewer'

Writing the build-up of 'The Viewer'

Editing the build-up of 'The Viewer'

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 'How to Train Your Dragon: Narrative Writing', pupils developed their understanding of cohesive devices and how to convey characters' feelings using show-not-tell. In 'The Viewer' pupils will develop these skills further to convey character.

In this unit, pupils use a picture book stimulus to write the opening and build-up of a narrative. They develop their understanding of how to hook a reader through a narrative opening and how to build and maintain tension in a narrative build-up, using cohesive devices and show-not-tell.

'The Viewer': narrative writing

introduce a problem and give clues about what may happen later in the story

The purpose of the build-up is to do which **three** of these things?

True or false? ‘Show-not-tell’ is a way of showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions.

Tristan wanted to get to his room quickly. 

Which of these is an example of show-not-tell? 

A relative clause can be used to give additional information about a...

A relative clause starts with a relative...

Which relative pronoun would you use after the noun 'boy'?

The opening is the first section of a story where the writer describes the ...

In the opening, who is Tristan at the dump with?

A non-finite (-ing) clause would feature in which type of sentence?

True or false? A non-finite (-ing) clause is a type of subordinate clause and extends the sentence by telling the reader about a second thing that the subject is doing at the same time. 

Where does a non-finite (-ing) clause go in a complex sentence?

A moment later, Tristan noticed something interesting. 

To his left, Tristan noticed something interesting.  

Looking to his left, Tristan noticed something interesting. 

Which of these sentences features a non-finite (-ing) clause?

Exit Quiz

The purpose of the build-up is to do which three of these things?