Planning part 2 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan a well-structured paragraph for part 2 of the climax.
Key learning points
- The purpose of the climax is to describe the main action and take the suspense and excitement to its highest point.
- Precise and ambitious vocabulary create vivid images for the reader for each key moment of the climax.
- An effective plan has vocabulary organised concisely and neatly.
- Careful verb and adverb selection can convey characters' feelings through ‘show and tell’.
- Synonyms for ‘said’ are used to convey character emotion in speech.
Keywords
Climax - the point in a narrative where the suspense and excitement reaches its highest point
Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text's purpose
'show and tell' - a writing technique for showing a character's feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions
Speech - the communication of someone's thoughts through words
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section of whole text
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to generate synonyms for 'said'.
Encourage the children to use character perspective to understand how Lila and Razvani felt when they were speaking. Provide opportunity for partner talk and develop a shared bank of synonyms for 'said'.
Teacher tip
Include a teaching point on how to turn adjectives to describe emotions into adverbs to describe the way a character spoke.
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2018 Penguin Random House UK edition of ‘The Firework Maker's Daughter' by Philip Pullman for this lesson.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a plan?
Q2.How do you organise notes in a plan for a narrative?
Q3.Put these events from the climax in the correct order.
Q4.Match the word class to its definition.
a word that describes a noun
a doing or being word
a word that describes a verb
Q5.What is speech?
Q6.True or false? The only way to report a person's speech is to use the word 'said'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.How did Lila feel when Razvani mocked her?
Q2.How did Lila feel when she entered the flames?
Q3.How did Lila feel when she was in the flames?
Q4.How did Lila feel when Chulak gave her the water and she drank it?
Q5.Which synonyms for said might you use to describe the way Razvani speaks?
Q6.Which synonyms for said might you use to describe the way Lila speaks?
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