Writing

CURRICULUM FOCUS

In Writing this week we are continuing with our focus on narrative writing. When writing a narrative we discuss and check that we have included the following parts within our story:

• Title
• Author
• Characters
• Setting
• Beginning 
• Middle
• End

VOCABULARY

Title: The name of the story .

Author: The name of the person who wrote the story.

Characters: The people/animals/creatures that are part of the story that talk, move, think etc. 

Setting: Where the story happens.

Beginning: Where we introduce the characters and setting to the reader. 

Middle: The problem in the story.

End: How the problem is solved.

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

As a family, create a narrative together. Discuss as a family what each part of the narrative is going to be:

• What is the title going to be? 
• Who will the characters be? 
• The setting? 
• The problem? 
• The solution?

Together write the narrative.

You may then as a family might like to act out the narrative or create puppets for your characters and act them out using materials you may have at home.