This complete writing unit guides pupils through the process of reading, rehearsing, planning, and writing their own warning tale, using a structured Talk for Writing-style approach. Designed for Years 5 and 6, the 20-lesson sequence is ideal for a 3–4 week block and includes cold and hot tasks, grammar starters, model text internalisation, shared writing, and independent application.
What’s Included:
- 20 fully planned English lessons
- Clear learning objectives, starter activities, plenaries, and hinge questions
- Differentiation labelled as Support, Expected, and Challenge
- Boxing-up templates, model texts, and writing toolkits
- Links to grammar focus points (SCAPS, sentence types, figurative language)
- Drama, oral rehearsal, and paired discussion activities
- Assessment opportunities: cold task, hot task, self and peer review
Skills Covered:
- Story structure (opening, build-up, problem, resolution, ending)
- Setting and atmosphere using personification and weather
- Developing suspense and tension
- Writing dialogue with correct punctuation
- Embedding grammar into writing for purpose
Perfect for teachers looking to deliver high-quality, engaging narrative writing lessons with everything included and ready to teach. Ideal for Talk for Writing schools or anyone aiming to boost fiction writing outcomes Y4- Y6
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