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Writing part 2 of 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 write a well-structured paragraph for part 2 of the climax.

Key Notes

  • Direct speech between two characters in a narrative forms a dialogue.
  • Inverted commas are used to demarcate speech and a piece of punctuation separates speech from the reporting clause.
  • Precise and ambitious vocabulary shows and tells the reader what happened and how characters are feeling.
  • Using a range of sentence types improves text flow for the reader.
  • An adverbial complex sentence is a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • direct speech: the term used for a person speaking out loud in a text
  • ambitious vocabulary: high-level language in writing that meets the text's purpose
  • text flow: how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
  • adverbial complex sentence: a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Children may assume that any mention of character speech is direct speech, because that has been the focus of their learning.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Direct speech between two characters in a narrative forms a dialogue. Inverted commas are used to demarcate speech and a piece of punctuation separates speech from the reporting clause.

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 assume that any mention of character speech is direct speech, because that has been the focus of their learning. Correction: Model how speech can still be indirectly reported within the climax alongside direct speech. E.g. 'Lila pleaded for Razvani to help her.'.

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