Year 4- Borrowers Story planning 2 week Unit

Planned to be used in conjunction with the OAK Academy resources or just sections of the film.
Powerpoints for each lesson, lesson resources and SEND year1/2 writing level resources as well.

1.To understand, recognise and write simple, complex and compound sentences
2.To write an extended setting description.
3.To explore different opening sentences and use them to begin planning a story about the borrowers.
4. To write up the beginning paragraph of our story using extended vocabulary and a range of sentence structures.
5. To explore direct speech and alternatives to the word ‘said’. Apply these to our writing.
6. To plan the build-up of our story.
7. To write up the second paragraph of our story using considered dialogue.
8. To create a plan for our third and fourth paragraphs.
9. To finish writing up our 3rd and 4th paragraph of our short story, considering dialogue, extended vocabulary, and expanded noun phrases.
10. To review our story and write it up as one piece of work.
Draw a picture of a scene from your story.