'A Christmas Carol': narrative writing and reading
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Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' narrative skills by developing their comprehension strategies and creative writing abilities. Pupils improve their reading skills through targeted retrieval and inference techniques, learning to analyse texts more critically and extract nuanced meanings. In writing, they develop more sophisticated communication by mastering varied sentence structures and selecting precise vocabulary that adds depth and clarity to their narratives. These skills prepare pupils for the next unit, where they will apply and develop narrative writing strategies.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Narrative writing is a type of fiction writing and can be called a story
- A story follows a plot and there are different parts called the opening, build up, climax and ending
- Characters are important people in the story and a setting is where the story takes place
- Authors make purposeful choices about the vocabulary they use
- Stories can be set in past time periods
- Written texts can be adapted into film versions of the story
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Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' narrative skills by developing their comprehension strategies and creative writing abilities. Pupils improve their reading skills through targeted retrieval and inference techniques, learning to analyse texts more critically and extract nuanced meanings. In writing, they develop more sophisticated communication by mastering varied sentence structures and selecting precise vocabulary that adds depth and clarity to their narratives. These skills prepare pupils for the next unit, where they will apply and develop narrative writing strategies.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Narrative writing is a type of fiction writing and can be called a story
- A story follows a plot and there are different parts called the opening, build up, climax and ending
- Characters are important people in the story and a setting is where the story takes place
- Authors make purposeful choices about the vocabulary they use
- Stories can be set in past time periods
- Written texts can be adapted into film versions of the story
Reading, writing & oracy
'A Christmas Carol': narrative writing and reading
In this unit, pupils explore A Christmas Carol, learning about its context and developing comprehension through targeted questions. They analyse characterisation, themes, and the story's ending. Pupils then plan and write a setting description, along with the opening, build-up and climax.
15 lessons in unit
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