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Year 6

'Beowulf': narrative writing

10 lessons

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  • Developing fiction writing
  • Traditional tales

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In this unit, pupils rewrite the build-up, climax and resolution of the historical classic 'Beowulf', focusing on interspersing dialogue to convey atmosphere and advance the action. Pupils work to generate vocabulary that is appropriate for each section of the narrative.

This unit uses and builds on the Year 6 unit, 'Beowulf': reading', in which pupils analysed a modernised version of the text. Techniques for increasing and maintaining tension in a build-up, describing powerful action in a climax and conveying a sense of calm in a resolution are developed whilst maintaining use of a range of cohesive devices. This unit prepares pupils for sophisticated narrative writing in the Year 6 unit, ''A Kind of Spark': narrative writing', where pupils finesse writing a build-up and climax and focus on switching tense to highlight a jump in perspective.

  1. Understanding the historical context and the plot of 'Beowulf'
  2. Retelling the story of 'Beowulf and the dragon'
  3. Generating vocabulary for the build-up of ‘Beowulf and the dragon’
  4. Planning the build-up of ‘Beowulf and the dragon’
  5. Writing the first half of the build-up of 'Beowulf and the dragon'
  6. Writing the second half of the build-up of 'Beowulf and the dragon'
  7. Generating vocabulary for the climax of 'Beowulf and the dragon'
  8. Planning the climax and resolution of 'Beowulf and the dragon'
  9. Writing the first half of the climax and resolution of 'Beowulf and the dragon'
  10. Writing the second half of the climax and resolution of 'Beowulf and the dragon'
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