Planning the climax of 'A Kind of Spark' including flashbacks
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan to write about Addie's speech from her perspective, incorporating third person flashbacks to the witch trials.
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- Writing can include a shift in perspective from first to third person and a change from present to past tense.
- The first person allows the reader to hear Addie's direct thoughts and emotions.
- We can also plan to include flashbacks that show past events in the third person.
- These flashbacks might be 'triggered' by a certain action in the present.
Keywords
First person - the 'I/we' perspective
Present tense - shows the action is happening now
Flashback - a jump to a time or event that happened earlier in the narrative
Third person - the 'he/she/it/they' perspective
Past tense - shows that the action happened before now
Common misconception
Pupils may find it challenging to segment Addie's speech into three sections.
Encourage pupils to think about past drama tasks where they looked at Addie's feelings before, during and after her speech.
Teacher tip
If you are using the writing that results from this task as evidence for teacher assessment, refer to local and national guidance regarding the level of teacher input that is appropriate.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these describes the 'climax' of a story?
Q2.Which of these are not arguments made in Addie's speech?
Q3.Which of these key arguments in Addie's speech comes first?
Q4.What clues are there that the following sentence comes from speech as opposed to formal writing? 'And that's what I want to explain to you today.'
Q5.At what point might Addie be thinking the following piece of internal monologue in relation to her speech? 'People are really listening! Maybe they're being convinced ...'.
Q6.At what point did Addie notice the following in relation to her speech? 'I see that everyone is paying attention; they're watching and listening carefully now.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are features of the sections where we write in role as Addie?
Q2.Which of these are features of the flashback sections of our text?
Q3.Put the sections of our text in order.
Q4.What is the 'trigger' for the flashbacks in the model story?
Q5.Which of these sentences could be from the flashbacks in our narrative?
Q6.Which of the following describes how the mood changes in the sections written from Addie's perspective about her speech?
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