Year 5 - English
Planning and writing the second part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'
'The Highwayman': narrative writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils use 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes as the stimulus from which to write a character and setting description, a narrative build-up in third person prose and a section incorporating varied speech sentences. Pupils complete the unit reciting and memorising parts of the poem.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan and write the second part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'.
Key Notes
- When describing a character, we can consider their actions, appearance and feelings.
- Using show-not-tell is a powerful way of helping the reader engage and identify with a character.
- When planning, we record our ideas using notes and bullet points.
- Success criteria act as a useful guide to help us remember which skills to include in our writing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- compound adjective: an adjective formed of two hyphenated words
- hyphen: a punctuation mark that can be used to form compound adjectives
- show-not-tell: a writing technique for showing a character's feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may find it challenging to describe a range of aspects of Tim's appearance and feelings.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
When describing a character, we can consider their actions, appearance and feelings. Using show-not-tell is a powerful way of helping the reader engage and identify with a character.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'compound adjective'
an adjective formed of two hyphenated words.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may find it challenging to describe a range of aspects of Tim's appearance and feelings. Correction: Explicit modelling of adjectives, including compound adjectives, and show-not-tell will help pupils with their descriptions.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analysing stanzas five and six of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Analysing stanzas one and two of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Analysing stanzas three and four of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Editing the build-up of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Editing the speech section of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Learning and reciting stanzas four to six of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Learning and reciting stanzas one to three of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Planning a setting and character description based on 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Planning the first part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Planning the third part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Reviewing speech punctuation to write the next section of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Understanding the context of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Using drama to analyse the next section of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Writing a setting and character description based on 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Writing the first part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
- Writing the third part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman' Study Guide
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