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

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

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

English

Understanding the historical context of the Scottish witch trials

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 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

Which of these sentences are appropriate for the flashback of our narrative? 

Which of these sentences are appropriate for the first person section of our text? 

Which of the features below are shown in the following flashback passage? 'What was she being accused of? In confusion, she stumbled to the wooden door and she opened it a crack.'

“You cursed us” came a shout from outside. 

“You cursed us!” came a shout from outside. 

A man shouted, “Take the witch away!”

Which of these pieces of direct speech are correctly punctuated? 

Which informal language features can be seen in this first person passage? 'I’m sure I see the hint of a smile - a real smile - on his lips. I let out a sigh, stepping away from the microphone.'

Read back each sentence to check it is correct. 

Put these key steps of writing well in order. 

When writing in role as Addie, which of these features did we use? 

writing in role as Addie about the first part of the speech

writing in role as Addie about the second part of the speech

writing in role as Addie about the third part of the speech

Put the sections of our narrative in order. 

Which sentence uses the third person and the past tense?

Which of the aspects below are shown in the following passage? 'Mr Macintosh stands up and I know it's time. Will they listen? Can I persuade them?'

Which informal language features can we see in the following passage that are appropriate for a first person perspective? 'I step up nervously, feeling like I'm in a dream.'

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

Lesson outcome