Fiction 1 Plan Resources

1. Fiction 1Plan Resources Y4: Spring Term - Fiction: Plan 1: Myths & Legends

2. Verbs Verbs tell us that someone or something is doing, feeling or being. Eliza played by herself. Tom worried about her. Eliza waved to him. Eliza was shy. Usually verbs have the name of a person or thing or a pronoun in front of them. Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1

3. This way of writing about the past is called simple past form. Verbs have tense. They tell us when the action happened. In the past In the present Stories often use simplepast verb forms. Eliza waited for the boat. Eliza waits for the boat. She saw a girl. She sees a girl. They smile at each other. They smiled at each other. Eliza was curious. Eliza is curious. Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1

4. Present Perfect form The presentperfect form of the past tense suggests that a past action is still affecting the present. still affecting the present. She taught Eliza songs which she still knows. Freya has taught Eliza songs. Freya taught Eliza songs. Eliza hid the mirror and it is still hidden. Eliza has hidden her mirror. Eliza hid her mirror. Eliza made friends. Eliza has made friends. Eliza made friends and they are still her friends. present tense form of have(helping verb) perfected (completed) form of main verb Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1

5. I have bathed. I have dived. I have floated. Present perfect Form The present perfect form is created by using ‘have’… with the past participle of the verb. Have you ever swum in the sea? Have you ever lost something precious? Have you ever built a sandcastle? Have you ever been fishing? Can you answer these questions, using the present perfect form? Perfect Form has/have + verb Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1

6. Punctuating Speech We used speech bubbles to show us what Freya and Eliza were saying. They take up too much room in a story so we use speech marks instead. reporting clause I want my mirror. “I want my mirror,” said Freya. comma The speech marks hug the words spoken by a character. We can tell the reader who is speaking as part of the same sentence. What does the comma do? What rules do you know about punctuating speech? Week 1 Thursday Grammar 2

7. Rules for Punctuating Speech     “I want my mirror,” said Freya.  Eliza lied,“I don’t know where it is.” “I will never see my mother again!” Freya cried.  • Hug the spoken words with speech marks • Say who is speaking (reporting clause) • Use a capital letter at the beginning of the spoken words • Use a comma to separate the clauses – unless you need a ? Or ! • Start a new line for every change of speaker Week 1 Thursday Grammar 2

8. A Village by the Sea – the setting for ‘The Seal Children’ by Jackie Morris Week 2 Monday Comprehension 3

9. Week 2 Monday Comprehension 3 The fields worked by the people are still farmed, and the walls surrounding the small gardens of the houses can still be seen. Stonecrop and moss grow on the walls and birds and mice wander the ruins.

10. A hawthorn tree grows from a window. In spring, it is covered with white blossom like sea spray before the wind catches it and blows the tree bare. Buzzards call a mournful mew, and if you listen carefully you can catch the song of the seal on the wind. Week 2 Monday Comprehension 3

11. Week 2 Thursday Comprehension 4 First page of Beowulf When was Beowulf composed? Nobody knows for certain when the poem was first composed. It must have been passed down orally over many generations, until the existing copy was made in Anglo-Saxon England. How old is the manuscript? The most likely time for Beowulf to have been copied is the early 11th century, which makes the manuscript approximately 1,000 years old. Is any of it true? The poem does not distinguish between fiction and fact. Scholars generally agree that many of the people in Beowulf existed, including King Hrothgar and his clan (Scyldings). Real battles are mentioned in later parts of the story and in Denmark, recent archaeological excavations have revealed that a hall was built in the mid-6th century, exactly the time period of Beowulf.

12. Using Perfect Formin Your Story The perfect form describes things that happened in the past which still affect the present. It makes it sound that these were powerful events which still effect the land today. This makes it perfect for hooking a reader into your legend. The once deadly battle has left deep scars in the landscape, even today. Those lonely trees have seen magic and massacre. The tall grasses of the moor have hidden many secrets for generations. How will you hook your reader? The battle in the past has left scars still visible today. The trees saw magical battles in the past and still remember them. Week 3 Monday Grammar 6

13. Giving Clues in Dialogue We can give clues about characters in speech. It is a good way of building a picture instead of listing lots of adjectives. What clues are there about the boy and the creature? “I…I don’t know where the treasure is hidden,” stammered the boy. “You little worm,” snarled the creature, “I will make you tell me.” Boy – scared, small Creature – mean, scary, greedy Suddenly the Princess appeared, her sword glinting in the sun and her noble steed pawing the ground. “Stand aside, foul fiend,” she declared. “The people of this land are under my protection. I challenge you to a fight to the death.” What clues are there about the Princess and the plot? Princess – brave, armed, on a horse Plot – there is going to be a battle! Tell a partner what speech punctuation rules have been followed. What could the creature say next to show how dangerous he is? Week 3 Wednesday Grammar 7