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Story Prompt:
Imagine you are part of a team of explorers who just discovered a completely unknown country—no one has ever seen it before! One day, while exploring an uncharted island, you find an ancient map that leads you to a hidden land. With your heart racing, you and your team decide to follow the map to this mysterious place, not knowing what you’ll find. As you step onto the shore of this new land, you realize that everything you know about the world is about to change. The land is unlike anything you’ve ever seen, and soon, you’ll find that its geography holds many secrets.
Focus: Genre Focus: Narrative
Focus: Genre Focus: Narrative
Planning, Structure, Tightening Tension.
*Word Processing skills
Learning Intention:
Learning Intention:
Hook:
Generate ideas for stories based on the story prompt on mentimetre.
Mini Lesson:
Warm write- Narrative
Independent
Students to begin Warm Write based on chosen prompt
Plan 10 minutes
Write 30- 35 minutes
Edit 5 mins to edit, uplevel
Reflection
Authors chair- Students say two positives and one improvement.
Focus: Genre Focus: Narrative
Focus: Genre Focus: Narrative
Planning, Structure, Tightening Tension.
*Word Processing skills
Learning Intention: We can understand the structure of a narrative.
Learning Intention: We can understand the structure of a narrative.
Hook:
Mini Lesson:
Show the video of the Story Mountain structure.
Show video of Story mountain structure.
Unpack using the story mountain for reference regarding the structure.
Independent
Students start planning and writing their narrative piece referring to the story mountain. Can use previous hook prompts or ideas or from Writer’s Notebook. Must be a story they are not half way through.
Reflection
Students reflect as a class, what did you feel you did well in your narrative, what are some areas of improvement?
As Mia reached the top of the mountain, her heart pounded in her chest. The storm had gotten worse, with the wind howling and rain pouring down in sheets. She could barely see through the thick fog, but she spotted the old, rusted key on the ground, glowing faintly. Her hands trembled as she picked it up, realizing this was the moment she had been waiting for. The secret door was just ahead, hidden behind the crumbling rocks. The sound of thunder cracked through the sky, and Mia knew there was no turning back now. She took a deep breath and rushed toward the door, the key gripped tightly in her hand.
Focus: Genre Focus: Narrative
Focus: Genre Focus: Narrative
Planning, Structure, Tightening Tension.
*Word Processing skills
Exploring VCOP elements for writing
Exploring VCOP elements for writing
*Word Processing skills
*Word Processing skills
Learning Intention: We are learning use show don’t tell for 'tightening the tension'.
Learning Intention: We are learning use show don’t tell for 'tightening the tension'.
Hook:
Sit in a circle as a class. Provide a tension scenario such as: ‘It’s the day of the big swimming carnival and you’ve forgotten to bring your bathers.’ Go around the circle, asking each student to add a sentence to build tension. Prompt students to imagine they are right there in the moment. What might they feel, think, do and say?
Mini Lesson:
Teacher to model using the senses sheet see google drive. How can we uplevel this to make it more descriptive to build tension using the show don’t tell’.
-See
-Feel
- Hear
- Taste (my mouth was dry)
Smell
Independent
Students to edit their narratives from earlier in the week, focusing on using quotation marks correctly.
Use highlighters to show edits.
If students have no dialogue they can edit to add it OR start writing a new Narrative.
Reflection
Students to share their edits with a partner.
Mia inserted the key into the hidden door, and with a creak, it swung open. Inside was a room filled with ancient books and mysterious artifacts, their colors glowing softly in the dim light. Her eyes widened as she stepped inside, feeling like she had unlocked a world no one had seen in centuries. As she explored the room, Mia found a map that led to another adventure, one even more exciting than this one. She smiled to herself, knowing her journey had only just begun. The storm outside began to clear, and the first rays of sunlight shone through the cracks in the door. Mia felt a new sense of purpose and excitement. She was ready for whatever came next.
Focus: Genre Focus: Narrative
Focus: Genre Focus: Narrative
Planning, Structure, Tightening Tension.
*Word Processing skills
Learning Intention: We can complete a resolution to our narrative. To write a narrative about a holiday.
Learning Intention: We can complete a resolution to our narrative. To write a narrative about a holiday.
Hook:
Using whiteboards, give students a word: Bad. Students are to write synonyms of that word.
Mini Lesson:
Teacher unpacks the resolution of a narrative. Does it always end with a happy ending?
character has to solve or resolve a problem to reach their goal. This is the resolution.
How does your character deal with the dilemma?
It’s a good idea to try and make your resolution unusual and original.
The knight tames the dragon with a delicious sandwich. The dragon defeats the evil wizard by destroying his clothes!
Even although it’s the end of the story, you can still be creative and add an unexpected twist.
Even although it’s the end of the story, you can still be creative and add an unexpected twist.
How could you make your resolution interesting and engaging to the reader?
Independent
Students to complete their warm write. Early finishers to edit using student friendly criteria.
Reflection
Authors chair - Select students to share their writing with the class.
Quotation Mark Checklist.pdfFocus: Exploring VCOP elements for writing
Focus: Exploring VCOP elements for writing
*Word Processing skills
*Word Processing skills
Learning Intention: To use quotation marks when a character is talking.
Learning Intention: To use quotation marks when a character is talking.
Hook:
“The Talking Toilet”
VCOP Cards- Up Level It! Choose an Connective and Vocabulary Card add to display.
Mini Lesson:
Students have the choice of Free Writing.
Can be any genre they choose.
Students to choose a VCOP element and focus on that in their writing (Can do punctuation).
Year 6-Quotation Mark Checklist
Stick into Resources section of folder.
Independent
Year 6: Students to independently.
Reflection
Authors chair - Select students to share their writing with the class. Students to submit their work on Google Classroom.
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