Year 9

Paragraphing narratives for clarity, using possessive pronouns, using apostrophes accurately, structuring, writing and editing genre-specific narratives

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    In this lesson, we will use all our knowledge from the previous lessons on sentences to look at how we create our own stories. We will start by thinking about different genre choices.
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    In this lesson, we will look at how we start a story. We will look closely at how we might use subordinate clauses at the start of a story to hook a reader and provide lots of information. Then we will get to write the opening of our own stories!
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    In this lesson, we will create our fantasy character. We will to look at how pronouns and noun phrases help us create character details. Then we will get to create our fantasy heroes for our stories.
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    In this lesson, we will use our knowledge of speech and dialogue to think about the problem our character might face. We will get the chance to decide what the problem is in our story and who is going to reveal that problem to our hero.
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    In this lesson, we will use our knowledge of lists, particularly in subordinate clauses, to add details to our hero's quest. We have got a problem for our hero: now, it is time for our hero to journey towards the final battle.
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    In this lesson, we will look at how to add movement and pace, as well as how use short sentences in our creative writing. It is time for our heroes to face the problem.
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    In this lesson, we will recap our learning of fused sentences to make sure we do not rush the writing of our endings. All good hero stories deserve a happy ending so we will also look at how to make sure it is plausible and appropriate for the problem in our story.
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