the thoughts, ideas, or questions that occur within an individual's mind

the form of speech used to share what was said by someone without using a direct quote

Writing the build-up of 'The Viewer'

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Engaging with the plot of 'The Viewer'

Generating vocabulary to describe a setting in 'The Viewer'

Generating vocabulary to describe a character in 'The Viewer'

Planning the opening of 'The Viewer'

Writing the opening of 'The Viewer'

Planning the build-up of 'The Viewer'

Editing the build-up of 'The Viewer'

In 'The Viewer', pupils developed their use of cohesive devices and show-not-tell to convey character. In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language.

In 'How to Train Your Dragon: Narrative Writing', pupils developed their understanding of cohesive devices and how to convey characters' feelings using show-not-tell. In 'The Viewer' pupils will develop these skills further to convey character.

In this unit, pupils use a picture book stimulus to write the opening and build-up of a narrative. They develop their understanding of how to hook a reader through a narrative opening and how to build and maintain tension in a narrative build-up, using cohesive devices and show-not-tell.

'The Viewer': narrative writing

True or false? Internal thoughts are the thoughts, ideas, or questions that occur within an individual's mind.

The internal thoughts of a character can be shared with the reader following the same sentence structure as ...

Which of these is an example of reported speech?

Which of these is a synonym for 'thought'?

True or false? Including internal thoughts in your writing will help to vary your sentences.

What comes after the opening in a story staircase?

What is the name for the creative writing technique that **shows** a character’s feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions?

Which of these is an example of **show-not-tell**?

True or false? A relative clause is a great thing to add to your writing to tell the reader additional information about a verb. 

Which of these words is **not** a relative pronoun? 

Starter Quiz

What comes after the opening in a story staircase?