Planning the opening of ‘Lucky Dip'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make a plan for writing the opening of ‘Lucky Dip’.
Key learning points
- Creating a plan is a good way to help you prepare before completing a piece of writing
- Our plans will contain ambitious vocabulary
- Two adjectives in an expanded noun phrase should be separated by a comma
- Adverbs should be used to describe a verb
Keywords
Planning - preparing to write by generating vocabulary
Ambitious vocabulary - using words that are precise and descriptive
Common misconception
Pupils may think that all words are ambitious vocabulary.
Teach pupils that there can be multiple options when selecting vocabulary and they need to carefully choose the most precise words in their writing.
Teacher tip
You may wish to use the Year 1 Word Class unit to ensure all pupils are confident on that before tackling 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.What type of stories involve made-up characters?
Q2.When writing a fiction story, a writer will create ...
Q3.True or false? A character is a person or animal in a fictional story. They are not real and have been created by the mind of the writer.
Q4.To try and put a character in the reader's mind, the writer must describe ...
Q5.A character's appearance is ...
Q6.When describing a character, a writer will often use expanded noun phrases. Which of these is an example of an expanded noun phrase?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these sections of a story comes first?
Q2.Put these sections of a story in the correct order.
Q3.The opening introduces the reader to the setting and the ...
Q4.The main character in 'Lucky Dip' is ...
Q5.True or false? A plan should contain ambitious vocabulary.
Q6.Which of these adjectives is an example of ambitious vocabulary?
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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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