Planning the climax of ‘Lucky Dip'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan the climax of 'Lucky Dip'.
Key learning points
- The purpose of the climax is to describe the problem and create the highest point of tension.
- Our plan will contain ambitious vocabulary.
- Our plan will contain nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.
- Using ambitious vocabulary helps to paint a vivid picture in the reader’s mind and make writing exciting to read.
Keywords
Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose
Planning - creating a framework before writing a section or whole text
Common misconception
Pupils may find it hard to remember all the action in the climax.
Teach pupils to break down the climax into smaller sections and then focus on what happened in that section. Provide children will printed images from the animation, to support them with planning their climax.
Teacher tip
To ensure pupils have a strong understanding of the events in the climax, you may want to use a drama game such as 'freeze frames' to get the pupils to act out the key moments in advance of this lesson.
Equipment
You need access to the 2001 animation ‘Lucky Dip’ by Emily Skinner for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Where does Emily enter in the build-up?
Q2.Who does Emily see first in the arcade?
Q3.What does Emily do when she sees the Pin Man?
Q4.What is so special about the bunny Emily sees in the Lucky Dipper machine?
Q5.Why does Emily leave the arcade?
Q6.Fronted adverbials of time will need which of these after it?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put these parts of a story staircase in the correct order.
Q2.What is the most exciting part of a story structure?
Q3.Which of these is a purpose of the climax?
Q4.Which of these is another purpose of the climax?
Q5.In the climax, how does the Lucky Dipper machine become smashed?
Q6.What does Emily land on when she falls through the hole?
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To help you plan your 2 English lesson on: Planning the climax of ‘Lucky Dip', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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