Planning Narratives
Plan narrative writing by considering how authors have developed characters and settings, drawing on techniques observed in texts read, heard, or performed
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- Identify specific authorial techniques for character development from a mentor text
- Plan a character using techniques such as showing through action borrowed from a studied author
- Analyse how an author builds setting and apply similar techniques in planning own narrative
“When your child is about to write a story, do they think ahead about what their main character is like and where the story will take place before they start writing?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Meta
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Writing Composition
- Age range
- Ages 10–11
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