'The Viewer': narrative writing
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Why this why now
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'.
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.
- Stories often consist of an opening, build-up, climax and resolution
- The author is the writer of a book
- The illustrator provides a book with pictures
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Why this why now
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'.
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.
- Stories often consist of an opening, build-up, climax and resolution
- The author is the writer of a book
- The illustrator provides a book with pictures
Reading, writing & oracy
'The Viewer': narrative writing
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.
8 lessons in unit
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