Year Five Fiction: Building a 'Spooky' Atmosphere

Great writers build an 'atmosphere' at the beginning of a short story. Combine our descritive techniques to create a spooky atomsphere...and don't forget to include plenty of different 'ly' starter sentences

Task: Write the first draft of your 'Scary Forest' story. Write 1 1/2 sides of A4.

Due: Monday

Year 5: Writing a Non-linear Story

L.O. To be able to write a non-linear story

Please complete the story based on the images you received in class. Remember to include lots of descriptions and shown feelings alongside your dialogue. I'm sure I don't need to remind you to visit baldworm.co.uk for more information on non-linear stories!

Feeling clever? Try to include both metaphor and simile as you 'set the scene'.

Due: Monday.

Year 5 Writing: Redraft (Thursday 29 January)

Please plan and write a non-linear fairy tale with the end at the beginning, e.g. retell the Three Little Pigs with the Wolf being cooked and eaten as the first paragraph, then 'cut back' to the beginning of the story.

Write 1 1/2 sides of A4. Due: Tomorrow.

Don't forget you can learn more about redrafting and non-linear stories at http://www.baldworm.co.uk.

Due: Friday.

Year 5: Spellings & Reading about Non-linear Stories

Tonight's homework comes in two parts:

1. Learn the spellings for next week; don't forget you can make this learning fun by using the games at Spelling City. We love Spelling City: it makes something that can be a bit of a chore into an enjoyble learning experience!

2. Read the short pack on writing Non-linear stories; we'll be studying this in detail tomorrow, and finishing our work on 'spooky' stories by writing non-linear versions of our Frankenstein stories! Further details can be found here

Due: Tomorrow

Year 5: Writing is Rewriting (Weekend homework)

Writing is rewriting - authors don't write one draft and publish their work, and neither should you. Work on your sentences until they're perfect!

Task: Write a second, improved version of your 'A Bump in the Night' story. You may choose to type this, print and stick it into your books. Don't forget those brackets and dashes!

Learn more about redrafting here.

Year 5 - Spooky Stories! (Thursday 15th January 2009)

Task: Please complete the first draft of your 'A Bump in the Night' Vampire story in your A4 book. Don't forget that you can revise suspense at http://www.baldworm.co.uk, Bald Worm's guide to writing a short story. Write 1 1/2 sides of A4.

Please read through your 'finished' work before throwing down your pen for the night!

Due: Friday.

Feeling clever? Don't forget to include brackets and dashes.

Don't have nightmares!

P.S. You can play our online countdown game here! Why not play against your family?

Year 5: The Bat!

L.O. To revise the structure of the first 15 lines of a short story.

Task: Imagine you or someone else is just fallling to sleep at night when a bat flies in through their bedroom window...

Plan a story entitled The Bat - but only write the first 15 lines of the story (1/2 page), following our story structure.

Feeling clever? Don’t forget to use similes & metaphors when writing your descriptions; the real clever-clogs will include the listing, the joining and the adverb-starter commas.

Due: Monday.