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Year 3

'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and narrative writing

12 lessons

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  • Developing fiction writing
  • Fiction reading spine
  • Modern literature strand 1: identity, belonging and community

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In this unit, pupils develop their ability to summarise key events from the text, exploring Lila's feelings in the build-up to these. Pupils plan and write both the build-up and the climax of the story, focusing on developing their use of complex sentences, precise vocabulary and speech.

Building on 'The Iron Man' unit, where pupils developed skills in complex sentence and speech writing, this unit focuses on applying these to create detailed, engaging narratives. By summarising key events and exploring Lila's feelings, pupils deepen their understanding of character and narrative structure. Writing the build-up and climax refines their use of complex sentences, precise vocabulary, and speech. These skills prepare pupils for the next unit, where they will expand their use of subordinating conjunctions and integrate speech into complex sentences.

  1. Reading the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  2. Understanding Lila's feelings in the build-up of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  3. Planning part 1 of the build-up of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  4. Writing part 1 of the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  5. Planning part 2 of the build-up of the 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  6. Writing part 2 of the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  7. Reading the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  8. Planning part 1 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  9. Writing part 1 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  10. Planning part 2 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  11. Using speech in the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  12. Writing part 2 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
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