Short Story writing unit of work suitable for KS3 - Year7/ Low ability Year 8
10 lessons including:
What makes a good short story
Narrative Hooks
The 5 ingredients to a good story
What is Genre?
Story Opening Writing
Looking at Characters
Creating a Character
Creating a Setting
Why is setting important?
Planning a story
Writing a story
Worksheets for Vietamese speaking children - new to English.
5 Worksheets:
All about me
School Vocabulary
Food Vocabulary
Feelings
Days of the Week
Editable work version and PDF Version
KS3 Worksheet to support learning of Narrative Hooks, Pathos and Pathetic Fallacy
Used with low level Year 9 class.
Supported with Gothic Literature English learning
Task 1: Match the Hook to the Story
Task 2: Create Your Own Spooky Hook
Task 3: Writing with Pathos and Pathetic Fallacy
Facts about District 12, the Capital and statements that they both have.
Used with a low level year 9 class, statements were cut out and mixed up, children had to sort them into different headings individually or in pairs.
They then used these statements to fill in the table with different headings:
The people
The buildings
The clothes
The food
The atmosphere
The leisure time
Anything else?
Powerpoint, guiding children through different paragraphs for a piece of writing over 3 lessons.
Worked well with KS3 - Low level Year 9 children.
Includes:
Introduction
Exploring Similiarities
Exploring Differences
Critical Analysis
Ethical Considerations
Escape Room plan - used to support learning of the book ‘Seven Ghosts’ but can be used as a one of activtity.
Includes:
Riddles in ghost shapes to cut up
Explanation of how to set each clue up in classroom
Riddles on PPT. to display at front of class if wanted
Other resources needed:
Number padlocks x 3
Normal padlocks with keys x 2
Book with number padlock on the front
This has been used for a specific school, so the last step riddle may need to be adapted to your school or left out
Used with Low ability Year 7 classes - they LOVED it!
Needed some clues to help along the way.
Best done in small groups
Editable Endangered Animal Fact File Template
Used with low ability Year 8 class researching endangered animals.
Powerpoint - 2 pages
Can be used with KS2/3
Need basic computer skills - inserting pictures etc.
Includes:
Heading
Picture boxes
Where they live?
Characteristics
Family
Did you know? boxes
Feeding
Classification
Status
Colours can be changed
Used to support learning with low ability year 8 class reading Tilly’s Promise (based during WW1), based on main character - Harry’s perspective
Picture stimulus - WW1 Trenches
Adaptable
5 senses
See
Hear
Smell
Taste
Touch
Hunger Games Arena Design - Planning
Used with Year 9 Class which worked well and had some great outcomes of arenas.
Used as part of Dystopian Fiction topic in English