'Otherwise': narrative writing
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Why this why now
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'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to support decoding when reading and segmenting when spelling
- Join two simple clauses with the joining word 'and'
- Use fronted adverbials of time at the start of a sentence
- Understand that an adjective describes a noun
- Understand that when you use two adjectives to describe a noun, a comma is placed between them
- Ability to write in the simple past tense
- Ability to recall a past event in sequence
- Ability to write questions punctuated by a question mark
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Why this why now
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'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to support decoding when reading and segmenting when spelling
- Join two simple clauses with the joining word 'and'
- Use fronted adverbials of time at the start of a sentence
- Understand that an adjective describes a noun
- Understand that when you use two adjectives to describe a noun, a comma is placed between them
- Ability to write in the simple past tense
- Ability to recall a past event in sequence
- Ability to write questions punctuated by a question mark
Reading, writing & oracy
'Otherwise': narrative writing
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.
10 lessons in unit
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