EnglishYears 7–8Writing

Narrative writing

Write engaging stories with clear structure, characterisation, setting and effective openings and endings

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you're telling your friend about the BEST day ever at the theme park 🎢. You don't just say 'it was fun' — you tell them what happened FIRST, then NEXT, then AFTER THAT!

  2. 2

    What three parts does a story have?

  3. 3

    Drag the story events into the right order to make a mini-narrative.

  4. 4

    Let's write a tiny story together about a lost kitten 🐱.

  5. 5

    Which sentence sounds like a good BEGINNING to a story?

  6. 6

    Now write your own 3-sentence story: beginning, middle, end. Use the word blocks below!

  7. 7

    What should a good story ENDING do?

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