a structure or statue designed to remind people of a person or event

an examination of evidence to decide if someone is guilty or innocent of a crime

the period between Medieval and modern times (around 1500-1800 AD)

the spirit of evil in Christian and Jewish traditions

Understanding the historical context of the Scottish witch trials

English

Exploring Addie's character

Using drama to explore a character 'low'

Adopting different perspectives

Planning the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark' including switches in perspective

Writing the first half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

Writing the second half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

Self-editing the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

Exploring a historical scenario linked to ‘A Kind of Spark’

Exploring Addie's speech in the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'

Planning the climax of 'A Kind of Spark' including flashbacks

Writing the first section of the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'

Writing the next two sections of the climax, including a flashback

Writing the final sections of the climax, including a flashback

Self-editing the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'

In this unit, pupils finesse writing a build-up and climax with a focus on switching between the past and present tense to highlight a jump in perspective. In 'When The Sky Falls’: Narrative and Diary Writing', pupils will write a narrative climax and use it as the stimulus for writing a diary entry from a character's perspective.

In 'Beowulf’, pupils rewrote the build-up and climax of a scene from the end of ’Beowulf’, focusing on interspersing dialogue to convey atmosphere and advance the action. In this unit, pupils will finesse writing a build-up and climax with a focus on switching between the past and present tense to highlight a jump in perspective.

In this unit, pupils write a build-up and climax based on the text, 'A Kind of Spark'. They learn to switch tense to highlight a jump in perspective from narrative prose to an internal monologue and from present to past tense to indicate a flashback. These outcomes can be used for KS2 SATS writing.

'A Kind of Spark': narrative writing

a main character or central figure in a story or narrative

special qualities that make a character in a story unique and interesting

the order of events within a narrative that gives it a coherent and engaging flow

strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood or relationships with others

the part of a narrative where problems are introduced and tension rises

a conversation between two or more people, written in a text or story to show what each person is saying

the inner voice of a character - their thoughts to themselves, not spoken aloud

tells the reader the action happened before now

tells the reader the action is happening now

the use of metaphors, similes, personification and other literary devices to create imaginative meanings

language structures that develop text cohesion

how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose

a desire to keep developing any skill set

the point in the narrative where the suspense and excitement reaches its highest point

to pull out the key information and ideas from the text

a group of motionless figures showing a scene from a story

a jump to a time or event that happened earlier in the narrative

shows that the action happened before now

language that is more similar to spoken language

saying the words you plan to write out loud in order to make the writing process easier

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