Planning the opening of 'The Iron Man'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan the opening of a narrative based on ‘The Iron Man’.
Key learning points
- The purpose of the opening is to engage the reader and to introduce the setting and characters.
- When we plan, we note precise and ambitious vocabulary to help paint vivid pictures and convey the desired atmosphere.
- A fronted adverbial of time, place or manner indicates when, where or how action in the rest of a sentence takes place.
- A plan includes notes, a sequence of events and ambitious vocabulary.
Keywords
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Atmosphere - the mood created in a section or whole of a text
Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Common misconception
Pupils may think they need to write full sentences on their plan.
Plans are written to support pupils with future writing. Plans include ambitious vocabulary in note form.
Teacher tip
You may wish to provide some visual images of the character and setting to support pupils with generating vocabulary. Encourage pupils to think about the senses: what can they see, feel and hear?
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the sections of a narrative in chronological order.
Q2.What does a full sentence need to include?
Q3.Match each word class to its example.
gazed
cliff
slowly
deep
Q4.What linguistic device is 'Carefully,' an example of?
Q5.What is a plan?
Q6.Put these events from the opening of 'The Iron Man' in the correct order.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.The purpose of the opening is …
Q2.Put the key moments of the opening of 'The Iron Man' in the correct order.
Q3.A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader when the action in the main clause takes place.
Q4.Choose an appropriate fronted adverbial to start the following sentence: '__________ the Iron Man reassembled his body.'
Q5.What is included in a plan?
Q6.Which word is the verb in the following sentence? 'The Iron Man gradually strode deeper into the ocean.'
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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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