Writing Historical Fiction - Lesson Bundle!

This engaging and purposeful series lessons enables children to gradually build towards a well-structured historical fiction composition. The lessons build up an Ancient Egyptian historical fiction story, but could reasonably be adapted to aid children in constructing historical fiction pieces based on different eras.

This resource contains all of the six lessons in the series. They are focused on:
-Introduction to Historical Fiction;
-Setting the Scene;
-Developing Characters;
-Narrative Structure;
-The Climax;
-Editing and Redrafting.

The comprehensive PowerPoint presentations guide teachers and learners through a logical step-by-step learning journey - these include SPAG starters, individual/ partner/ group activities, modelled examples, and extended written opportunities (following clear objectives and success criteria.

All of the worksheets and activity resources are provided (in both Word and PDF).

These lessons were originally created for children in lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4).