the European people who settled in what is now England, following the end of Roman occupation

the ideas, customs and behaviour of a particular people or society

the underlying structure of a narrative that gives it a logical and coherent order

Understanding the historical context and the plot of 'Beowulf'

English

Retelling the story of 'Beowulf and the dragon'

Generating vocabulary for the build-up of ‘Beowulf and the dragon’

Planning the build-up of ‘Beowulf and the dragon’

Writing the first half of the build-up of 'Beowulf and the dragon'

Writing the second half of the build-up of 'Beowulf and the dragon'

Generating vocabulary for the climax of 'Beowulf and the dragon'

Planning the climax and resolution of 'Beowulf and the dragon'

Writing the first half of the climax and resolution of 'Beowulf and the dragon'

Writing the second half of the climax and resolution of 'Beowulf and the dragon'

In this unit, pupils rewrite 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 '’A Kind of Spark’: Narrative Writing', 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 ''Beowulf': Reading', pupils analysed a modernised version of ’Beowulf’. In this unit, pupils will rewrite 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 rewrite the build-up, climax and resolution of the historical classic 'Beowulf', focusing on interspersing dialogue to convey atmosphere and advance the action. Pupils work to generate vocabulary that is appropriate for each section of the narrative.

'Beowulf': narrative writing

plot points or things that happen in a story or text

a visual representation of a series of events, where pictures represent events

saying an oral version of a story out loud, perhaps using notes or a text map to help

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

words chosen intentionally to convey a certain impression to the reader of a place, person or thing

a phrase where a noun is described by one or more adjectives

the content of a narrative, often including action, description, dialogue and emotions

language structures that develop text cohesion

a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause

practising saying ideas for sentences out loud before you write them

an adjective formed of two hyphenated words

when the exact words spoken by someone are written down, enclosed in inverted commas

the point in the narrative where the suspense and excitement reach their highest point

the point in the narrative where problems are resolved

a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions

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

a punctuation mark to add extra information in a clause often for dramatic effect

a piece of punctuation placed after a main clause that can introduce a list or a question

a sentence formed of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause

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