'How to Train Your Dragon': diary and narrative writing
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupils use their knowledge of the text 'How To Train Your Dragon' to write a setting description, a narrative opening and a diary entry. Pupils use one stimulus to write for several outcomes, writing for different purposes by demonstrating certain techniques in each.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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'How to Train Your Dragon': diary and narrative writing
In this unit, pupils use their knowledge of the text 'How To Train Your Dragon' to write a setting description, a narrative opening and a diary entry. Pupils use one stimulus to write for several outcomes, writing for different purposes by demonstrating certain techniques in each.
16 lessons- Planning a setting description based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Planning a narrative opening based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Identifying features of a diary entry to write from 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Understanding the context of 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Writing a narrative opening based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Writing part one of the main body of a diary entry
- Planning the opening of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Planning the closing of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Writing part two of the main body of a diary entry
- Planning part two of the main body of a diary entry
- Editing narrative writing based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Editing the main body of a diary entry
- Writing the opening of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Writing a setting description based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
- Planning part one of the main body of a diary entry
- Writing the closing of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'