Year Five Fiction: Planning a Story Based on a Picture

Year Five have had a brilliant week! You've been learning about the 'fab four golden rules' for planning a story how to create hand plans; and how to plan from a picture.

Task: Please complete two hand plans based on two of the images in the homework pack.
Don't forget to complete the self-assessment sheet!

('Six-Gun Gorilla image pinched from the brilliant Jess Nevins - the world expert in Victorian pulp fiction)

Year 5 Planning from a Picture/First Two Sections of a Short Story

Your homework is to complete two of the picture + first 7/8 tasks. This work completes our planning unit. Remember, you can revise all our planning work at http://www.baldworm.co.uk, or revist the tasks on the pupil wiki, at http://fsg.wikispaces.com/Year+5+Planning+2008-9

Your challenge is to include an exciting opening line and set the scene. Make sure that you visit the links at baldworm.co.uk and revise these key skills.

Please bring in this work a week on Monday.

Model update: Please build your secret spy hq for a week on Wednesday (1st October)
Full details can be found on the post below!

Have fun at Flatford Mill!

Year Five - Planning from a Picture

We've been learning about planning from a picture.

Homework: Create two plans based on the pictures on the last page of the 'pictures' pack. Remember to plan neatly so your friends can read your brilliant ideas!

Don't forget you can learn more about this 'planning' unit here: http://fsg.wikispaces.com/Year+5+Planning+2008-9

Year 5 Fiction - Planning from a Picture

L.O. To revise planning from a picture
To revise exciting opening lines
To revise the importance of setting the scene at the beginning of a short story

Before you begin, read this, and revise this and this.

For each of the three pictures you need to:
1. Brainstorm
2. Plan
3. Write the first eight lines of the story, i.e. write an exciting opening line and set the scene using our descriptive techniques.

Feeling clever? Make sure you include some bracketing commas as you set the scene.

Due: Monday

Year Five Narrative Homework - Planning From A Picture

This half-term we are going to focus on planning under timed conditions.

Homework: Create three further plans based on the pictures you were given in class, using the 'planning moutain' method. Make sure you plan relevant stories!

There are useful links and downloads at our pupil wiki. Click here.