Unit Plan

Writing Narrative Texts Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6

10 x lessons | Suitable for years: 5 - 6

This English unit addresses the narrative text type; specifically, how to write an engaging narrative text.

It consists of 10 lessons of approximately 60 minutes duration.

The sequence of lessons and suggested time frames should be regarded as a guide only; teachers should pace lessons in accordance with the individual learning needs of their class.

An independent writing task, which may couple as an assessment task, is included in the unit. The number of lessons required to complete this task may vary from class to class.

Curriculum

AC9E6LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, using paragraphs, a variety of complex sentences, expanded verb groups, tense, topic-specific and vivid vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and visual features
AC9E6LY03

Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text, and engage and influence audiences
AC9E6LA06

Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups
AC9E5LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and pu
AC9E5LY03

Explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
AC9E5LE05

Create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced
AC9E5LE03

Recognise that the point of view in a literary text influence how readers interpret and respond to events and characters
AC9E5LA06

Understand how noun groups can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of a person, place, thing or idea

ACELY1714

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationscreating informative texts for two ...
ACELY1715

Re-read and edit studentsâ own and othersâ work using agreed criteria and explaining editing choicesElaborationsediting for coherence, sequence, effective choice of vocabulary, opening devices, dialogue and description, humour and pathos, a...
ACELA1508

Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or ideaElaborationslearning how to expand a description by combining a related set of nou...
ACELY1711

Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a textElaborationscomparing the structures and features of different texts, including print and digital sources on similar topics, and evaluating which features be...
ACELA1523

Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/phrasesElaborationsknowing that verbs often represent actions and that the choice of more expressive verbs makes an act...
ACELY1705

Re-read and edit studentâs own and othersâ work using agreed criteria for text structures and language featuresElaborationsediting for flow and sense, organisation of ideas and choice of language, revising and trying new approaches if an el...
ACELY1704

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationsusing research from print and digital resources t...
ACELY1701

Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the textElaborationsexplaining how the features of a text advocating community action, for example ...
ACELT1612

Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experiencedElaborationsusing texts with computer-based graphics, animation and 2D qualities, consider how and why par...
ACELT1610

Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responsesElaborationsidentifying the narrative voice (the person or entity through whom the audience experience...

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Writing Narrative Texts PowerPoint - Year 5 and Year 6

A 20 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the structure and language features of narrative texts.

20 pages Years: 5 - 6
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Narrative Sentence Starter Cards

Thirty sentence starter cards for narratives.

10 pages Years: 1 - 7
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Narrative Writing Planning Template

A template for students to use when planning a narrative text.

1 page Years: 3 - 6
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Goals - Writing (Upper Primary)

Twenty-five writing goal cards for upper primary.

10 pages Years: 4 - 7
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Identifying Descriptive and Figurative Language Worksheets

A set of 3 worksheets to help your students identify descriptive and figurative language in narrative texts.

1 page Years: 5 - 6
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Narrative Text Type Poster With Annotations

A poster about the narrative text type, including an annotated example.

1 page Years: 3 - 6
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Developing Narrative Features PowerPoint - Year 5 and Year 6

A 26 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the features of narrative texts.

26 pages Years: 5 - 6
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Five Senses Graphic Organiser

A graphic organiser to use when brainstorming sights, sounds, smells, touches and tastes.

1 page Years: 3 - 6
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Seven Sensational Story Starters PowerPoint

A 10 slide editable PowerPoint template of story starters to use in narrative writing.

1 page Years: 3 - 6
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Narrative Writing Checklist - Structure, Language and Features

A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their narrative writing.

1 page Years: 3 - 6
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Editing Passages PowerPoint - Year 5

A 42 slide editable PowerPoint template containing editing passages with answers.

42 pages Year: 5
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Editing Passages PowerPoint - Year 6

A 42 slide editable PowerPoint template containing editing passages with answers.

42 pages Year: 6
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5 Narrative Writing Stimulus Sheets

Writing stimulus sheets with a narrative focus.

7 pages Years: 3 - 7
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric - Narrative Writing

A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' narrative writing.

1 page Years: 3 - 6

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