Year 6 - English
Planning the duel scene
Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet': diary and narrative writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils learn to empathise with and understand different characters in one of Shakespeare's iconic plays. They write a diary entry from Juliet's perspective, a climactic narrative scene based on the duel scene and begin to debate around a key question raised from the play.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan the structure and content of a piece of narrative writing, showing the duel from Act III Scene 1 of 'Romeo and Juliet'.
Key Notes
- We are planning a narrative retelling of the duel scene in Act III Scene 1, using the same events.
- Narrative includes overlapping elements of dialogue, description, emotion and action.
- We can include all of these narrative elements in our plan in order to ensure we have covered all the content we need.
- Our plan is written in note form, in the third person and the past tense.
- We are following a structure of four paragraphs, tracking the key events of the animated version of the scene.
Vocabulary To Learn
- action: events or things that are done by characters in a narrative
- description: where we use words to help someone imagine what something is like
- dialogue: a conversation between two or more people, written in a text or story
- emotion: strong feelings that result from a person's circumstances, mood or relationships with others
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may find it challenging to distinguish between the narrative elements.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
We are planning a narrative retelling of the duel scene in Act III Scene 1, using the same events. Narrative includes overlapping elements of dialogue, description, emotion and action.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'action'
events or things that are done by characters in a narrative.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may find it challenging to distinguish between the narrative elements. Correction: The elements often overlap - we use action to show emotion, for instance. Encourage a relaxed approach to this; the main aim is to ensure that we have covered a wide range of content in our plans.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Debating a question raised by Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' Study Guide
- Exploring Act III Scene 1 in 'Romeo and Juliet' Study Guide
- Exploring Juliet's emotions after meeting Romeo Study Guide
- Exploring vocabulary relating to the duel scene Study Guide
- Generating vocabulary for Juliet's diary entry Study Guide
- Planning Juliet's diary entries Study Guide
- Understanding themes, characters and plot in 'Romeo and Juliet' Study Guide
- Writing the first half of Juliet's diary entry Study Guide
- Writing the first half of the duel scene Study Guide
- Writing the second half of Juliet's diary entry Study Guide
- Writing the second half of the duel scene Study Guide
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