English: How Screenwriters Create Suspense (KS2), using E.T. as a case study

A fun lesson teaching children to analyse how authors (in this case, screenwriters) create suspense to engage their audience.

You will need to be able to access a clip of the opening sequence of E.T. - available from many video streaming websites.

Everything else is included:

• Powerpoint presentation
• Storyboard sheet for note-taking while watching clip
• Script of the opening scene for pupils to annotate
• Worksheet with space for pupils to write their analysis of each scene underneath

For higher prior attaining pupils, they can just write their own analysis paragraphs straight into books or on lined paper.

The worksheets have a date at the top - please change this to whichever date you wish.