Year 5 English · Writing stories and poems · Summary
Year 5 English Writing stories and poems: summary and key words
Part of the Year 5 English writing stories and poems chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Planning | Audience, purpose and form; a model text shows how a similar piece is built. |
| Choosing words | Precise verbs, adverbs and modal verbs change the picture and the certainty. |
| Narrative | Setting, characters, atmosphere and a plot with a beginning, middle and end. |
| Dialogue | Shows character and moves the action; punctuate with inverted commas. |
| Poems | Rhythm, pattern, repetition and figurative language such as simile and alliteration. |
| Editing and performing | Check cohesion, vary repeated words, and read aloud with the right tone and pace. |
Can you…?
- I can plan a story or poem for an audience and purpose
- I can choose precise words and say how they change meaning
- I can write a narrative with setting, characters, atmosphere and plot
- I can write dialogue that shows character and moves the action
- I can write a poem with rhythm, pattern and figurative language
- I can edit my writing and read it aloud clearly
Key terms
- audience
- the people who will read or listen to a piece of writing
- purpose
- the reason a writer writes
- atmosphere
- the mood or feeling a story creates
- cohesion
- links between sentences and paragraphs that help the text flow
- figurative language
- words used to create a picture, such as simile, metaphor and personification
- edit
- to change writing to improve its meaning, order, words and punctuation