Presenting a narrative based on 'The Borrowers'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can present a section of the build-up of ‘The Borrowers’.
Key learning points
- A range of skills are involved in presenting to ensure that the audience are engaged and understand you.
- Building suspense for the audience is the main purpose when presenting a section of a narrative build-up.
- Eye contact, projection and diction are important for ensuring the audience can hear and understand you.
- Pace, body language and tone are crucial for conveying the atmosphere and a character’s emotions in a narrative.
- Pace, body language and tone can be altered in different ways to support the building of suspense.
Keywords
Presenting - the act of verbally sharing something with an audience
Projection - using our voice to speak powerfully and clearly
Pace - the speed or rhythm at which we speak
Body language - how we use movements and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings
Tone - the pitch of our voice and how this is used to convey a message appropriately
Common misconception
Pupils may speak very quickly, quietly and not look up from their page when presenting their narrative writing.
Techniques for effective presenting are explicitly identified, explained and modelled throughout both learning cycles.
Teacher tip
Children should read over and edit their narrative writing prior to this lesson to ensure it is coherent and meets the purpose of building suspense. The starter quiz includes questions on sentence structure to support and prepare children for making any necessary changes to their writing.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2014 Puffin Books edition of ‘The Borrowers’ by Mary Norton for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the sentence type to the correct definition.
Q2.Which of the following are coordinating conjunctions used to form a compound sentence?
Q3.Which coordinating conjunctions do you need to place a comma before?
Q4.When do you need a comma in an adverbial complex sentence?
Q5.What is presenting?
Q6.Which of the following should we try to do when presenting in front of an audience?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the key element of presentation to what it refers to.
Q2.Match the key element of presentation to what it refers to.
Q3.Projection involves...
Q4.Speaking at an appropriate pace and with clear diction is important because…
Q5.Why are eye contact and body language important when presenting a narrative?
Q6.Why are tone and intonation important when presenting a narrative?
To help you plan your 4 English lesson on: Presenting a narrative based on 'The Borrowers', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 4 English lesson on: Presenting a narrative based on 'The Borrowers', 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.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
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