These Year 6 story writing lessons based on David Almond's 'Skellig' will inspire your class to write their own prequel or sequel to the book!

They will begin by generating ideas in groups before planning and writing their story, and finally evaluating and editing their own and others' work.

This Year 6 story writing planning pack contains four lessons, which each include: a detailed lesson plan, a comprehensive slideshow for the teaching input, and differentiated worksheets and activity ideas.

Developing Ideas

In this Skellig lesson plan based on David Almond's book, your Year 6 children will begin by thinking carefully about how the character of Skellig is portrayed both at the beginning and end of the story. They will then use this insight to help them develop ideas for a possible prequel or sequel to the book.

Complete with a detailed lesson plan, an informative and engaging set of slides, as well as differentiated worksheets and activity ideas, this downloadable Skellig lesson plan has everything you need for a successful English session with your Year 6 class!

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Planning a Story

In this Planning a Story Year 6 lesson, your children will first recap on the structure of a story by discussing the five main parts: opening, build-up, dilemma, resolution, and ending.

They will then use this structure and their ideas from the previous lesson to plan their own story inspired by David Almond's 'Skellig'.

This Planning a Story Year 6 lesson pack comes complete with a comprehensive plan, an engaging slideshow and differentiated activity ideas.

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Writing a Story

In this Year 6 Story Writing English lesson, your class will explore and discuss some ways in which to create an engaging narrative. They will focus on vocabulary choice, dialogue to convey character traits, and maintaining cohesion within and across paragraphs. They are then challenged to use these features when writing their own prequels or sequels to 'Skellig'.

This Year 6 Story Writing lesson pack contains everything you need to teach this lesson: a detailed plan, an engaging set of slides, printable worksheets and differentiated activity ideas.

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Editing and Improving Writing

Use this Editing and Improving Writing KS2 lesson to teach your children the importance of evaluating and amending their written work.

During the lesson, children are challenged to work in groups or pairs to identify and improve different aspects of their 'Skellig'-inspired stories, giving each other feedback about their choices.

Within this Editing and Improving Writing KS2 lesson pack there is a detailed plan, an informative slideshow, and activity ideas to suit a range of ability levels.

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