Narrative Writing:
Telling Tales

Created in Partnership with Francis Combe

Medium Term Plan - 6 weeks

• This scheme of work aims to improve students’ writing skills, with a focus on developing narratives. They will focus on narrative hooks and structure as well as creating characters and setting. Finally, the scheme requires students to write their own narrative text.

• It is designed to make students enthusiastic about reading and introduces them to a range of fiction and media texts as stimulus.

• The medium term planning format allows teachers the freedom to choose resources and plan individual lessons, including starter activities.  However, in order to ensure equality of provision and progression for all pupils, teachers will adhere to the stated objectives and outcomes for each week.

• Narrative Writing SOW.doc
  (Word 2003, 89kb/8 pages)

Accuracy bookmark

• accuracy bookmark.pdf (Acrobat pdf, 92kb/1 page)

Character Gollum

• Character Gollum.doc (Word 2003, 62kb/1 page)

Character Mrs Prachett

• Character Mrs. Prachett (Word 2003, 63kb/1 page)

Character The Hobbit

• Character The Hobbit (Word 2003, 62kb/1 page)

Checking for Accuracy

• Checking for Accuracy (Word 2003, 78kb/1 page)

How to be a good story writer

• How to be a good story writer (Word 2003, 74kb/1 page)

Human Speech Marks

• Human Speech Marks (Word 2003, 65kb/1 page)

Attic Image

• image attic (Word 2003, 7,430kb/1 page)

Castle Image

• image castle1 (Word 2003, 143kb/1 page)

Castle Image 2

• image castle2 (Word 2003, 103kb/1 page)

Forest Image

• image forest (Word 2003, 144kb/1 page)

Lake Image

• image lake (Word 2003, 81kb/1 page)

Lake Image 2

• image lake2 (Word 2003, 83kb/1 page)

Introducing

• Introducing (Word 2003, 62kb/1 page)

Page Turners

• Page Turners (Word 2003, 67kb/1 page)

Reading List

• Reading List (Word 2003, 158kb/1 page)

Rules of Direct Speech

• Rules of Direct Speech (Word 2003, 71kb/1 page)

Settings - Harry Potter

• Settings Harry Potter (Word 2003, 70kb/4 pages)

Story Endings - teacher sheet

• Story Endings teacher sheet (Word 2003, 62kb/1 page)

Story Opening - Haroun and the Sea of Stories

• Story opening Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Word 2003, 63kb/1 page)

The Long and the Short of it

• The Long and the Short of It (Word 2003, 62kb/1 page)

The Princess

• The Princess (Word 2003, 63kb/1 page)

Varieties of Writing:
The Magazine Challenge

Thanks to Francis Combe

Medium Term Plan - 6 weeks

• This scheme is designed to make Year 9 students enthusiastic about English and draws on a wide range of stimulus material in order to engage pupils’ interest and motivation.

• The scheme is intended to prepare pupils for some of the writing demands of the SATs examination.  It provides the opportunity to revise and analyse the range of text types.  Students are required to apply techniques identified in their own 'varieties of writing' challenge.

• There are a number of opportunities for group and pair work.  Students are encouraged to work independently of the teacher whenever possible.

• 75kb/8 pages, y9 varieties writing_ sow.doc