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Year 5

'The Viewer': narrative writing

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  • Developing fiction writing

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In this unit, pupils use a picture book stimulus to write the opening and build-up of a narrative. They develop their understanding of how to hook a reader through a narrative opening and how to build and maintain tension in a narrative build-up, using cohesive devices and show-not-tell.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of how to write an effective narrative opening from the Year 5 unit, 'How To Train Your Dragon: diary and narrative writing'. New learning here for Year 5 pupils includes how to lead on from a narrative opening to a narrative build-up, applying a range of cohesive devices to build and maintain tension and to engage the reader. Pupils practise using show-not-tell devices to convey characters' feelings in a sophisticated way. This unit prepares pupils for the Year 5 unit, ''The Highwayman': narrative writing'.

  1. Engaging with the plot of 'The Viewer'
  2. Generating vocabulary to describe a setting in 'The Viewer'
  3. Generating vocabulary to describe a character in 'The Viewer'
  4. Planning the opening of 'The Viewer'
  5. Writing the opening of 'The Viewer'
  6. Planning the build-up of 'The Viewer'
  7. Writing the build-up of 'The Viewer'
  8. Editing the build-up of 'The Viewer'
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