Planning the build-up of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan the build-up of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky’.
Key learning points
- The purpose of the build-up is to develop the characters and build up the excitement.
- When we plan, we log precise and ambitious vocabulary to help paint vivid pictures for our reader.
- Fronted adverbials of time, place and manner are included in a plan to add extra detail about the action.
- A plan is most often written in note-form, out of full sentences.
Keywords
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose
Fronted adverbial - sentence starter followed by a comma
Common misconception
Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.
Planning should only log key vocabulary and it should be written in note-form using bullet points.
Teacher tip
Re-read the build-up several times so that pupils are clear about which moments of 'Jabberwocky' are in the build-up.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Choose the most precise adverb to complete the following sentence: '__________, the young boy crept through the forest.'
Q2.What is a plan?
Q3.Where does the young boy rest when he becomes tired looking for the Jabberwock?
Q4.Which of these is a fronted adverbial followed by?
Q5.Which of these is a full sentence?
Q6.Match the word class to its example.
vicious
jaws
lurked
nervously
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? A plan should be written in full sentences.
Q2.What are the purposes of the build-up of a narrative?
Q3.A fronted adverbial of __________ tells the reader how the action in the main idea takes place.
Q4.Put the four key moments of the build-up in chronological order.
Q5.Match each word class to its example.
tree
razor-sharp
slowly
crept
Q6.True or false? This is a complete sentence: 'A pair of huge jaws and a long, writhing tongue.'
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