English LanguageYears 10–11Paper 1 Writing

P1 Q5 — Narrative writing

Write a narrative piece with conscious crafting of vocabulary, sentence structures and structural features (AO5/AO6)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you're telling your friend about the best day ever — you'd start at the beginning, right? That's narrative writing — telling a story from start to finish.

  2. 2

    Which of these is NOT part of a narrative?

  3. 3

    Here's a simple story mountain: 🏔️ Start at the bottom with the beginning, climb up to the problem, then slide down to the resolution.

  4. 4

    Let's plan a short story together using the story mountain.

  5. 5

    Which part of the story mountain does 'Mia finds the chest' belong to?

  6. 6

    Drag the sentences into the right order to build your own story mountain.

  7. 7

    What should your story start with?

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