YEAR LEVEL DESCRIPTION- Students create a range of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts including imaginative retellings, reports, performances, poetry and expositions.

Learning Intentions

• Define the parts of the story graph

• Plot the key parts onto the story graph

Success Criteria

• A completed story graph

What are the different parts of the Narrative Story Graph and what is their purpose?

Why do you think the structure of a narrative is so important?

Learning Intention

• Plot the key parts onto the story graph

Success Criteria

• A completed story graph

How has the structure of the video helped entertain the viewer?

Success Criteria

• Planning on a story graph.

• An attempt to write a narrative.

• Evidence of some editing.

Class Brainstorm

Let's brainstorm some ideas to help you!

Learning Intention

• Define what is in a sizzling start

• Identify a sizzling start

Success Criteria

• Active participation

Think | Pair | Share

Do you think this is a sizzling start?

Brainstorm

What makes it a sizzling start?

Before and After

Is the second story opening better? Why?

What technique has been used here for the sizzling start?

Learning Intention

• Distinguish what a good sizzling start looks like

Success Criteria

• Participation in a group work and completed worksheet

What does a good sizzling start look like?

What does a good sizzling start include?

Learning Intention

• Write a sizzling start using one of the techniques

Success Criteria

• A sizzling start written from a picture prompt

What is a sizzling start?

Why do we use them?

Who can remember the different techniques?

What did we write about yesterday?

Learning Intentions

• Quickly write sizzling starts using one of the techniques

• Brainstorm backfill ideas for the topic 'My Teacher is a Monster'

Success Criteria

• Sizzling starts written from picture prompts

• Active participation in brainstorm

You have 3 minutes to write a sizzling start for each of these images.

Share your sentence after each image.

Brainstorm Backfill

Let's brainstorm some ideas for the backfill; who, what, where?

'My Teacher's a Monster'

Plot Backfill

Let's plot the backfill on our storygraph.

'My Teacher's a Monster'

Learning Intention

• Create our backfill for our own story

Success Criteria

• Completed graphic organiser

Write a sizzling start from this picture prompt. 

You have 3 minutes.

Share it with the class.

Let's review what we did on Monday.

Our class brainstorm and story graph.

Share your ideas with class.

Learning Intention

• Write our own sizzling start and opening paragraph (backfill- set the scene)

Success Criteria

• A first draft of your opening paragraph with a sizzling start

Using the backfill on the story graph, lets create a class example of a sizzling start.

Now lets write the backfill of the first paragraph. 

Make sure to set the scene with Who, What, Where.