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Using speech in the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and narrative writing

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils develop their ability to summarise key events from the text, exploring Lila's feelings in the build-up to these. Pupils plan and write both the build-up and the climax of the story, focusing on developing their use of complex sentences, precise vocabulary and speech.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to develop and punctuate direct speech for a dialogue in the climax.

Key Notes

  • Direct speech is the term used for a person speaking out loud in a text .
  • It is crucial to consider character perspective when developing ideas for direct speech.
  • Direct speech between two characters forms a dialogue.
  • Inverted commas are used to demarcate speech and a piece of punctuation separates speech from the reporting clause.
  • A range of synonyms for 'said' and use of adverbs can offer detail about how a character spoke and felt.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • direct speech: the term used for a person speaking out loud in a text
  • character perspective: a character's point of view
  • dialogue: a conversation between two or more people, written in a text or story to show what each person is saying
  • inverted commas: punctuation marks used to indicate the beginning and end of direct speech
  • reporting clause: tells the reader who said the speech and how

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Children may struggle with remembering punctuation rules for direct speech.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

Direct speech is the term used for a person speaking out loud in a text . It is crucial to consider character perspective when developing ideas for direct speech.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'direct speech'

the term used for a person speaking out loud in a text.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Children may struggle with remembering punctuation rules for direct speech. Correction: Leave a modelled example of correctly punctuated direct speech in view for children. Provide them with the speech first punctuation rules to follow as they write.

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