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Year 4

'A Christmas Carol': narrative writing and reading

15 lessons

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  • Developing fiction writing
  • Fiction reading spine

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In this unit, pupils explore A Christmas Carol, learning about its context and developing comprehension through targeted questions. They analyse characterisation, themes, and the story's ending. Pupils then plan and write a setting description, along with the opening, build-up and climax.

This unit builds on pupils' narrative skills by developing their comprehension strategies and creative writing abilities. Pupils improve their reading skills through targeted retrieval and inference techniques, learning to analyse texts more critically and extract nuanced meanings. In writing, they develop more sophisticated communication by mastering varied sentence structures and selecting precise vocabulary that adds depth and clarity to their narratives. These skills prepare pupils for the next unit, where they will apply and develop narrative writing strategies.

  1. Learning about the context of 'A Christmas Carol'
  2. Developing comprehension of 'A Christmas Carol'
  3. Exploring characterisation in 'A Christmas Carol'
  4. Analysing the ending of 'A Christmas Carol'
  5. Exploring and engaging with themes in 'A Christmas Carol'
  6. Planning a setting description based on 'A Christmas Carol'
  7. Writing a setting description based on 'A Christmas Carol'
  8. Planning the opening of 'A Christmas Carol'
  9. Writing the opening of 'A Christmas Carol'
  10. Planning the build up of 'A Christmas Carol'
  11. Writing paragraph one of the build up of 'A Christmas Carol'
  12. Writing paragraph two of the build up of 'A Christmas Carol'
  13. Editing the build-up of 'A Christmas Carol'
  14. Planning the climax of a 'A Christmas Carol'
  15. Writing the climax of 'A Christmas Carol'
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