KS2 English textbook

Chapter 10: Writing stories

Strand Composition
Level Year 3
Practice 91 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 English, Year 3. Content: Plan a story by discussing similar writing and recording ideas, with a setting, characters and a plot, Write narratives in paragraphs: an opening, a middle and an ending, with a problem and a resolution, Draft by composing sentences, including dialogue, with a varied vocabulary and sentence structures, Use time connectives and fronted adverbials, with a comma after a fronted adverbial, Expand noun phrases with adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases, Check and improve a draft: propose changes for consistency, including accurate pronouns; read it aloud.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

Plan a story with a setting, characters, a problem and a resolution
Write a story in paragraphs with an opening, a middle and an ending
Use time connectives such as later, meanwhile and after a while
Start a sentence with a fronted adverbial, and put a comma after it
Expand a noun phrase with adjectives and a prepositional phrase
Check and improve a draft: tense, pronouns, vocabulary and direct speech

You should already know

Paragraphs and headings (Chapter 6)
Clauses and time connectives (Chapter 4)
Inverted commas for direct speech (Chapter 5)

Where this leads

Writing non-fiction with headings and a clear purpose (Chapter 11)
Longer stories with more characters and settings in Year 4
Finding the plot and the characters in a story (Chapter 7)

Lessons in this chapter

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Practise with real exam questions

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