Year 2 - English
Writing the climax of the animated story 'Otherwise'
'Otherwise': narrative writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils write their own version of the short animation 'Otherwise'. Pupils write a narrative opening, build-up and climax, building on their understanding of beginning, middle, end narrative structuring from Year 1. Pupils edit their own writing at the end of the unit.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to write the climax of 'Otherwise'.
Key Notes
- The climax should be the most exciting part of a story for the reader.
- Two simple sentences joined together with a joining word is called a compound sentence.
- We can use our plan to help form full sentences for writing.
- Fronted adverbials of manner tell the reader how something was done or how a character felt.
- Adverbs are words that describe a verb.
Vocabulary To Learn
- fronted adverbial of manner: a sentence starter that tells the reader how something happened or how a character was feeling
- compound sentence: a sentence formed of two simple sentences and a joining word
- joining word: a word that joins words or ideas
- adverb: a word that describes a verb
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils often miss out the joining word 'and' when writing compound sentences.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
The climax should be the most exciting part of a story for the reader. Two simple sentences joined together with a joining word is called a compound sentence.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'fronted adverbial of manner'
a sentence starter that tells the reader how something happened or how a character was feeling.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils often miss out the joining word 'and' when writing compound sentences. Correction: Show pupils some examples of sentences missing the word 'and' and ask them to spot what is missing and where it should go. Encourage pupils to read back through their writing to check every sentence makes sense.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Editing your climax and a pre-written resolution of the animated story 'Otherwise' Study Guide
- Generating questions about the characters in the animated story 'Otherwise' Study Guide
- Generating vocabulary to use when writing the story of the animation 'Otherwise' Study Guide
- Planning to write the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise' Study Guide
- Planning to write the climax of the animated story 'Otherwise' Study Guide
- Planning to write the opening of the animated story 'Otherwise' Study Guide
- Sequencing and retelling the story of the animation 'Otherwise' Study Guide
- Writing the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise' Study Guide
- Writing the opening of the animated story 'Otherwise' Study Guide
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