Narrative Writing

Teaching Ideas

Learning Objective: To be able make informed choices in narrative writing. Resources

Lesson Pack
Success Criteria: • To understand the purpose of narrative writing.
• To plan and a write a piece of narrative writing using
a clear structure.

Preparation
• Photocopy/print ODCCR Planning Sheet (one copy per pupil; each A4 sheet provides two copies)
• Early finishers (end of lesson): Rewrite their partner’s story using different techniques or a different focus.

Starter
• Explain learning objective and success criteria to pupils.
• Ask pupils what they already know about narrative writing, then consolidate
this by explaining its purpose and (common) structure.

Main Activities
Strcuture
• Hand out the ODCCR Planning Sheet (also on the PowerPoint) and read through
each section ensuring pupils understand what each means.
• Encourage pupils to now consider the structure of other stories they know: can they identify the ‘crisis’ in each of these stories?
• Take feedback – perhaps write up a mind map on the board.

Opening
• Discuss the importance of a narrative ‘hooking’ the reader and give examples of different ways to do this.
• Discuss how raising questions in the reader’s mind helps to ‘hook’ the reader and keep them reading.
Encourage pupils to consider each opening and why it would raise a question or ‘hook’ the reader.

Your Turn!
• Outline the writing task for pupils and show the stimulus images.
• Pupils should consult the ODCCR Planning Sheet to makes notes to plan their structure.
• Pupils to write their narrative piece, using clear structure and paragraphing.

Plenary
• Children to peer mark work, looking specifically at the opening paragraphs. Criteria is provided on the PowerPoint.