Short Story to teach Structure SOW

This is a fully resourced 7 week scheme of work (19 lessons) that will teach students to analyse the structure of a short story. Students will look at two fiction stories (The Present, Lamb to the Slaughter) and two non fiction narratives. This scheme includes an MTP, assessments, and culminates in a personal narrative non fiction writing competition.

Analytical skills covered:

• Understanding different structures of stories
• Identifying themes
• Identifying types of conflict
• Identifying effects of dialogue
• Writing about structure as a whole
• Analysing tone
• Analysing passive voice
• Understanding authorial intent

Writing skills covered:

• Direct speech/Indirect speech
• Tone or Mood to establish setting
• Passive voice
• Justifying structural decisions

SPaG skills covered:

• Sentence types
• Active and passive voice
• Direct speech
• Indirect speech

Key words taught:

• Structure
• Concise
• Theme
• Conflict
• Dialogue
• Tone
• Dramatic irony
• Compare
• Contrast
• Intention