'How to Train Your Dragon': diary and narrative writing
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Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' knowledge of a novel from the Year 5 unit 'How To Train Your Dragon': reading' as well as diary writing skills in the Year 4 unit 'Into the Forest': diary writing'. Pupils use knowledge of the text to create three pieces of writing, each using certain devices to meet the text purpose. Examples include precise vocabulary in the setting description, a range of sentence structures in the opening and first person and tense variation in the diary entry. This unit prepares pupils for more narrative opening writing in the Year 5 unit 'The Viewer': narrative writing'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- 'Fiction' is prose that describes imaginary events and people.
- 'Genre' means the style or category of the text.
- 'Fantasy' is a genre which includes themes such as magic and fictional creatures.
- A diary is a type of recount.
- Diaries are written in first person.
- Diaries are informal in tone.
- Diaries feature the writer's thoughts and feelings.
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Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' knowledge of a novel from the Year 5 unit 'How To Train Your Dragon': reading' as well as diary writing skills in the Year 4 unit 'Into the Forest': diary writing'. Pupils use knowledge of the text to create three pieces of writing, each using certain devices to meet the text purpose. Examples include precise vocabulary in the setting description, a range of sentence structures in the opening and first person and tense variation in the diary entry. This unit prepares pupils for more narrative opening writing in the Year 5 unit 'The Viewer': narrative writing'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- 'Fiction' is prose that describes imaginary events and people.
- 'Genre' means the style or category of the text.
- 'Fantasy' is a genre which includes themes such as magic and fictional creatures.
- A diary is a type of recount.
- Diaries are written in first person.
- Diaries are informal in tone.
- Diaries feature the writer's thoughts and feelings.
Reading, writing & oracy
'How to Train Your Dragon': diary and narrative writing
In this unit, pupils use their knowledge of the text 'How To Train Your Dragon' to write a setting description, a narrative opening and a diary entry. Pupils use one stimulus to write for several outcomes, writing for different purposes by demonstrating certain techniques in each.
16 lessons in unit
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