Short Story with Clear Mood Change (No Escape) Year 6

‘No Escape’ is a short descriptive narrative that contains high-level vocabulary often used in SATs reading tests, extensive use of figurative language and passive voice.

Included are:

• a copy of the original text with annotations describing the main features of each section.
• a copy of the opening paragraphs (children can continue the story from here)
• a copy of the text with figurative language highlighted (and a range of activity ideas to help explore figurative languages and its role in creating changes of mood)
• a copy of the text with passive voice highlighted (and a range of activities exploring passive voice that increase in difficulty and would help higher ability writers wrestle with the tricky concept of agentless passives)

Throughout are small notes for the teacher’s benefit, explaining the use of each feature and what role it plays in the rapid change of mood in the piece.

As the vocabulary of the piece is of an advanced level, it is suggested that a lesson is put aside to explore and decipher this vocabulary before delving into the more technical grammatical elements.