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Planning the build-up of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'

I can plan the build-up of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky’.

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Planning the build-up of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'

I can plan the build-up of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky’.

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Key learning points

  1. The purpose of the build-up is to develop the characters and build up the excitement.
  2. When we plan, we log precise and ambitious vocabulary to help paint vivid pictures for our reader.
  3. Fronted adverbials of time, place and manner are included in a plan to add extra detail about the action.
  4. 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.


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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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