Name: ___________________________________ Subject: English WS: 01

Class / Index No.: P5____ / _____ Date: ____________________ Mark: _______

4.11 and 4.12 : Write your own classic tale to tell

 Retell a story you have read in this unit, or a different one you already know, or invent your
own.
 Use a diagram to plan your outline.

Classic tales
Myths Legends Narrative person
 What is the natural event?  Who is the hero?  First person – a character
 Who are the characters?  What is the task or  Third person – an outsider
 What are the unlikely challenge? looking in
events?  What are the unlikely
 How will the plot explain events?
the event?  How does she, he or it
succeed?

 Decide which details or conventions to change.

 Decide on a first-person or third-person narrator.
 Use a mixture of direct and reported speech and make the dialogue interesting and suitable for the
characters.
 Add sound effects, exclamations and repetition.
 Use a variety of sentence types.
 Organise your writing into paragraphs for both narrative and dialogue.

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