11+ English Year Five Comprehension: Action Techniques

Please complete the action techniques comprehension in your A4 purple book. Don't forget to revise the action techniques before you begin.

Due: Thursday

Year 5 - Redrafting

L.O. To include suspense and action in a short story

We have learnt that story structure is vital - and that the key to writing is rewriting. You can learn about these key skills at http://www.baldworm.co.uk.

Task: Write a third draft of your 'spies' story. Write one-and-a-half sides of A4. Improve it as much as you can, including all of our suspense and action techniques. We'll record your story as a video next week!

Feeling clever? Revise our descriptive skills, and make sure you include similes/metaphors when you describe your spy base.

Year 6 - Combining Suspense and Action Techniques in a Short Story

L.O. To combine suspense and action techniques

You are going to write 1 side that combines your suspense and action techniques.

Don't forget that you can revise action techniques here, and there is all the information you could possibly need about story structure at http://www.baldworm.co.uk

Due: Friday

Year 5 Homework: Fiction prep.

1. To prepare for our lesson tomorrow, please read this and the Alex Rider passage I've given you. Pay special attention to page 30 and 31. If you're feeling clever, try annotating pages 30 and 31 for the following action techniques:

Powerful Verbs
Impact Sentences
Dashes
Showing how much it hurts!
Having your characters cry out!

2. Visit your wiki page, and complete the checking work we began in class.