Narrative Writing: Pursuit

Two police officers chase bank robbers across London…

A short narrative (4+ pages) which could be used for guided or shared reading or as a modelled text to teach a variety of objectives (see Teaching Points below). It comes with a plan of the story using OBDER (opening, build-up, dilemma, events, resolution). The story uses flashbacks which might be useful for modelling ‘greater depth’ writing.

Teaching Points:
GRAMMAR: past tenses (including past perfect); fronted adverbials; adjectives and adverbs for descriptive detail; connectives (contrast and time); relative clauses; 3rd person narration; complex sentences
PUNCTUATION: commas around clauses; exclamation and question marks; speech marks; semi colons
STRUCTURE: paragraphing; short paragraphs and sentences for dramatic effect; balance of action, dialogue and setting; use of flashback; resolution links back to opening
CONTENT & THEME: action, chase; character (police heroes, villains); figurative language (similes); geographical detail