Y6 Flashback Writing Exemplar based on The Piano by Aidan Gibbons

Several literacy schemes are asking Year 6 teachers to use The Piano animation (readily available on YouTube) as a resource to teach ‘flashback’ writing.

This is a writing example which could be used to stimulate discussion and help pupils to grasp how they can write a flashback scene.

I wrote it in collaboration with a Y6 class I taught and it took a week to do - and is unfinished as I asked the children to complete it! There are 5 paragraphs and everything written - the names of the characters, their backstories etc. are all from the class’s imagination.

There are two versions, one with text only, one with illustrations added. Both are created in Microsoft Word so can be easily tailored.

I am also including a planning worksheet for a two week block with the main objective being to write a story with flashbacks.