Fiction 1

Plan Resources

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

 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.
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 This way of writing
Verbs have tense. about the past is called
simple past form.
They tell us when the action happened.

In the past In the present

Stories often use Eliza waited for the boat. Eliza waits for the boat.
simple past verb
forms.
She saw a girl. She sees a girl.
They smiled at each other. They smile at each other.

Eliza was curious. Eliza is curious.

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 Present Perfect form
 The present perfect form of the past tense suggests that
stillaffecting
a past action is still affectingthe
thepresent.
present.
She taught Eliza
Simple past Perfect form songs which she
still knows.

Freya taught Eliza songs. Freya has taught Eliza songs.

Eliza hid the
mirror and it is still
Eliza hid her mirror. Eliza has hidden her mirror. hidden.

Eliza made friends. Eliza has made friends. Eliza made friends
and they are still
her friends.
present tense form of perfected (completed)
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 I have bathed.
Present perfect Form I have dived.
The present perfect form is created by using ‘have’… I have floated.
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?

Perfect Form
has/have + verb Can you answer these questions, using the present perfect form?

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 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?

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 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

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 A Village by the Sea – the setting for ‘The Seal Children’ by Jackie Morris

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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.
 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.
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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.
 Using Perfect Form in 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.

The battle in the past The trees saw magical

has left scars still
How will you hook battles in the past and
visible today. your reader? still remember them.

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

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