Year 5 - English
Using drama to analyse the next section 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 use your understanding of stanza five to plan and perform a dramatisation featuring dialogue.
Key Notes
- Drama can be a very useful tool when analysing characters in a text.
- Dialogue is when two or more characters are speaking in a text.
- When performing drama, we need to consider how intonation, facial expression and gestures enable us to convey emotions.
- Effective teamwork is an essential element of drama.
Vocabulary To Learn
- dialogue: spoken words between two or more people in a text
- dramatisation: the reconstruction of a text to perform in a dramatic presentation
- facial expression: a form of non-verbal communication conveyed through the face to show emotions
- gesture: a movement that helps express an idea or meaning
- intonation: the rise and fall of the voice when speaking
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may find it challenging to put the Highwayman's words into their own.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Drama can be a very useful tool when analysing characters in a text. Dialogue is when two or more characters are speaking in a text.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'dialogue'
spoken words between two or more people in a text.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may find it challenging to put the Highwayman's words into their own. Correction: Key unfamiliar language is explained in the previous lesson (L10) and paraphrasing the Highwayman's words is modelled in this lesson.
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 and writing the second part of the build-up of '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
- 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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