Short Story - Figurative Language and Speech

A week of detailed lessons on writing a short story from the point of a character for KS2. Based on the Literacy Shed Video: Before Sunrise. This sequence of lesson includes a learning journey, powerpoint, resources and models of excellence.

Take the chance to expand your pupils vocabulary and enhance their writing techniques in this engaging unit of writing. The planning allows opportunities for individual, paired and group work with a short burst write and a short story at the end of the week.

Learning objectives include:

1. I can empathise with a character.
2. I can use dialogue to advance action and develop characters.
3. I can use figurative language to describe a setting.
4. I can use ambitious vocabulary and show-not-tell to describe emotions.
5. I can use descriptive features.

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