Year 6 - English
Writing the first half of 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 write the first half of the duel scene, using a range of cohesive devices and all the elements of a narrative.
Key Notes
- We have planned the structure, content and vocabulary for our narrative.
- When we write, we use cohesive devices to connect our plan notes together into coherent sentences.
- We can use fronted adverbials of time to add pace to our writing.
- We should aim to include all the narrative elements of action, description, dialogue and emotions in our writing.
- Oral rehearsal prior to writing helps us to write more easily.
Vocabulary To Learn
- narrative elements: the content of a narrative, often including action, description, dialogue and emotions
- cohesive devices: language features that contribute to text cohesion
- fronted adverbial of time: a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens
- dialogue: a conversation between two or more people, written in a text or story
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may struggle to use all the cohesive devices listed in the lesson.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
We have planned the structure, content and vocabulary for our narrative. When we write, we use cohesive devices to connect our plan notes together into coherent sentences.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'narrative elements'
the content of a narrative, often including action, description, dialogue and emotions.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may struggle to use all the cohesive devices listed in the lesson. Correction: All these cohesive devices are covered in our Year 5 Grammar curriculum; some children may benefit from additional input using selected slides from that content.
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
- Planning the duel scene 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 second half of Juliet's diary entry Study Guide
- Writing the second half of the duel scene Study Guide
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