A Christmas Carol - Narrative writing

In this lesson, we will learn about Charles Dickens and his novel 'A Christmas Carol'. We will watch a visual clip from the opening and begin to prepare for writing that part of the story.

In this lesson, we will investigate and generate rules about the use of -tion, -sion, -ssion and -cian.

In this lesson, we will learn all about clauses and how they can be used to make simple, compound and complex sentences. We will also learn about the coordinating and subordinating conjunctions that we use to make the different sentence types.

In this lesson, we will begin to generate vocabulary to describe the setting of the film 'A Christmas Carol'. We will learn how to choose nouns to describe and how to add verbs and adverbs for further detail.

In this lesson, we will introduce new vocabulary, identify word pairs and synonyms and apply the vocabulary in sentences.

In this lesson, we will learn how to describe a character in detail. Also, how we can add verbs and adverbs to describe what characters are doing in a particular moment.

In this lesson, we will learn how to spell words ending -tion, -sion, -ssion and -cian.

In this lesson, we will write the opening to A Christmas Carol. We will use success criteria and a plan to help keep on track when writing.

In this lesson, we will move to a different part of the story - the build-up. We will learn how to make language choices to create suspense and keep a reader desperate to read on.

In this lesson, we will build on our knowledge of verbs and adverbs and learn different ways they can be used to create detailed description.

In this lesson, we will learn all about fronted adverbials and how they can be used to give writing variety and even more detailed description.

In this lesson, we will learn about how to write speech and the grammatical rules that apply.

In this lesson, we will plan for writing the build-up. This will involve deciding how to start our sentences in different ways and choosing what vocabulary we will use.

In this lesson, we will write the build-up. Using a plan, we will build suspense and excitement in our writing and include speech and fronted adverbials.

In this lesson, we will explore examples of genre in literature. We will explore the different kinds of reading we do each day and create a 24 hour reading log.