Narrative Writing Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Christmas Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers
Celebrate Christmas time and practise those writing skills with your beginner writers.
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Halloween Writing Prompts - Bats
Differentiated writing activity using bats as a writing prompt.
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Narrative Booklet Template – Space Theme
A space-themed booklet for students to use when publishing their narrative texts.
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Story Spine Porcupine – Narrative Writing Template
A template designed to help students plan their narrative writing structure.
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Narratives Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Narratives' display board.
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Halloween Writing Template - Big Mouth Mummy Craft
Inspire spooky story writing with a printable ‘Big-Mouth Mummy’ Halloween writing craft.
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Halloween Words - Vocabulary and Writing Centre
Stretch your students’ vocabulary and writing skills with a devilishly-delightful Halloween Vocabulary and Writing Centre.
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Write About Halloween Costumes! Year 1 Worksheets
Differentiate writing instruction in early years with a group of levelled Halloween writing prompts about Halloween costumes.
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Easter Diary Writing Activity
A cute diary entry writing activity.
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St. Patrick's Day Writing Prompts
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and write imaginative stories using a collection of narrative writing prompts.
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Insect-Themed Flashcards and Writing Prompts
Inspire young entomologists to read and write about insects with minibeast writing prompts and word wall cards.
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Valentine's Day Vocabulary Cards and Writing Center
Build a Valentine’s Day writing station with a printable word wall and writing prompt worksheets.
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Fairy Tale Setting and Book Characters Classroom Display
Teach fairy tales and narrative structure with a printable fairy tale setting poster and book characters for a classroom display.
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Curious Creatures Character Spinner
A curious creature character spinner to use during imaginative writing.
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Create and Write – Art Template
A template designed for students to display their writing and illustrations.
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Storytelling Finger Puppets Template
A set of 15 finger puppets that will help to spark the imagination and bring the magic of storytelling alive!
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My Ideal World – Writing Template
A template for students to use when writing about their ideal world.
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Short Stories Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Short Stories' display board.
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Pirate Ship - Writing Template
A printable pirate themed writing template to use in the classroom.
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Pirate Themed Mini Story Book Template
Students can use this template to create their own pirate themed mini story book.
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Exploring Narrative Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit uses fairy tales to introduce the narrative text type to younger students. It addresses the structure, characters and language features of a narrative.
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Introduction to Personal Recounts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce the recount text type to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of personal recounts.
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What's the Problem?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a complication and resolution for a fairy tale.
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Dressing Up Sentences for Narrative Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use descriptive language to add additional detail to sentences.
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Exploring Simple Narrative Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the structure of a narrative text.
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Introducing Simple Narrative Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the structure of a narrative text using fairy tales.
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On the Weekend
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What Are Fairy Tales?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the key features of the fairy tale genre.
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Exploring Fairy Tale Characters
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the methods authors use to create a character.
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Personal Recounts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of personal recounts.
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Writing a Fairy Tale
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a fairy tale, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Adding Detail Using Describing Words
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how descriptive words, such as adjectives, can add detail to a personal recount.
- Narrative Writing Templates
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- Narrative Writing for For Foundation Year
- Narrative Writing for For Year 1
- Narrative Writing for For Year 2
- Narrative Writing for For Year 3
- Narrative Writing for For Year 4
- Narrative Writing for For Year 5
- Narrative Writing for For Year 6
- Narrative Writing for For Year 7