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Year 10 - English

Crafting an engaging narrative

Fiction: read around the world

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils read extracts from four novels from around the world, and use them to develop their narrative writing. In particular, pupils explore writers' use of structure. At the end of the unit, pupils consider their own use of paragraphs for effect and write an engaging narrative.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to plan, write and proofread a complete narrative piece of writing.

Key Notes

We need to plan our creative writing to ensure it is clear, cohesive and engaging.
We can use a range of language and structural techniques to craft our writing.
Single paragraph outlines can be used to plan your ideas before you begin writing.
Proofreading is an active process that enables us to spot and correct errors in written work.

Vocabulary To Learn

charred: burned and blackened by fire
remnants: a small piece of something left from a larger original amount
proofread: carefully check for errors in a text before it is published or finished

Common Mistakes To Avoid

Proofreading your work is not important if you plan it.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

We need to plan our creative writing to ensure it is clear, cohesive and engaging. We can use a range of language and structural techniques to craft our writing.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'charred'

burned and blackened by fire.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Proofreading your work is not important if you plan it. Correction: Proofreading is equally important as planning. In pressured writing environments, we can easily make mistakes that we are not aware of.

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