Ice Palace (LKS2) - 20 Lesson Writing Sequence - (Robert Swindells)

This download includes all slides and resources for a 20 lesson writing sequence, inspired by the text Ice Palace by Robert Swindells. It produced very successful writing outcomes for a Year 3 cohort but could be tailored for other year groups.

The writing sequence is built up of text exploration where children use a variety of writing techniques to re-write a section of the narrative. Step-by-step the children work through a series of lessons where they develop sections of their narrative (using expanded noun phrases, similes, demercated speech and conjunctions) that they then piece together in a final piece.

The download includes:

Ready-to-go lesson slides (Both SMART Notebook & Microsoft PPT format) that are user friendly and take the teacher through the writing sequence step-by-step.
Clearly organised and user-friendly resources for 20 lessons including a starter for every lesson, activities, differentiated versions and word mats.
A book cover page to go into writing books.

Lesson sequence:

L1 - Expanded noun phrases
L2 - Personification
L3 - Expanded noun phrases
L4 - Exploring imagery
L5 - Conjunctions
L6 - Infer character’s feelings
L7 - Text specific vocabulary
L8 - Explore language choices
L9 - Drafting narrative in 1st person
L10 - Drafting narrative in 1st person (continued)
L11 - Similes
L12 - Summarise events
L13 - Speech using inverted commas
L14 - Character description
L15 - Drafting narrative with similes
L16 - Drafting character description
L17 - Drafting
L18 - 20 Revising/Editing & publishing

The children read the text through the duration of the writing sequence, so copies or photocopies of the book are required.

If you enjoy or have any feedback when delivering this lesson sequence, a review or comment would be appreciated!