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Year 4

'Jabberwocky': narrative writing

13 lessons

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  • Appreciation of poetry
  • Developing fiction writing

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In this unit, pupils write a full narrative based on the nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky' from 'Through the Looking-Glass' by Lewis Carroll. Pupils write an opening, build-up, climax and resolution, focusing on writing all parts of the narrative arc and devoting time to editing their writing.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of the narrative writing style from the Year 4 unit ''A Christmas Carol': narrative writing and reading'. The unit starts with an analysis of the plot of the nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky' for pupils to clarify key plot events and to understand nonsense vocabulary used by Carroll. Pupils then write their own version of the complete narrative, writing an opening, build-up, climax and resolution. This unit prepares pupils for writing another complete narrative in the Year 4 unit 'The Happy Prince': narrative writing'.

  1. Understanding the plot of 'Jabberwocky'
  2. Generating vocabulary to write a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  3. Planning the opening of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  4. Writing the opening of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  5. Planning the build-up of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  6. Writing the build-up of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  7. Peer editing the opening of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  8. Planning the climax of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  9. Writing the climax of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  10. Planning the resolution of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  11. Writing the resolution of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  12. Editing the final two paragraphs of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
  13. Publishing a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
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