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Year 2

'Otherwise': narrative writing

10 lessons

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  • Developing fiction writing
  • Traditional tales

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In this unit, pupils write their own version of the short animation 'Otherwise'. Pupils write a narrative opening, build-up and climax, building on their understanding of beginning, middle, end narrative structuring from Year 1. Pupils edit their own writing at the end of the unit.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of narrative writing skills built in the Year 1 unit ''Jack and the Beanstalk': reading and writing'. This is the first unit where pupils are exposed to the more sophisticated narrative structuring of opening, build-up, climax and resolution, which builds on their understanding from Year 1 of a story having a beginning, middle and end. Also for the first time, pupils write their narrative outcomes in this unit based on a short animation. This unit prepares pupils for the Year 2 unit ''Lucky Dip': narrative writing'.

  1. Generating questions about the characters in the animated story 'Otherwise'
  2. Sequencing and retelling the story of the animation 'Otherwise'
  3. Generating vocabulary to use when writing the story of the animation 'Otherwise'
  4. Planning to write the opening of the animated story 'Otherwise'
  5. Writing the opening of the animated story 'Otherwise'
  6. Planning to write the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise'
  7. Writing the build-up of the animated story 'Otherwise'
  8. Planning to write the climax of the animated story 'Otherwise'
  9. Writing the climax of the animated story 'Otherwise'
  10. Editing your climax and a pre-written resolution of the animated story 'Otherwise'
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