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Stories: point of view/ narrative view

different voices in stories

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investigate styles and voices of traditional story language

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narrative viewpoint; perspectives from different characters

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identify point of view from which a story is told; how this effects reader

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change point of view/narrator

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viewpoint in a novel, identifying the narrator; implicit/explicit points of view

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explaining different points of view, influence on the reader’s view of events

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Stories - writing

generate ideas by brainstorming, word association

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collect words/phrases/sentences for story openings/endings/short descriptions

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write own passages of dialogue

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write descriptions of known places; descriptions in the style of familiar story

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write alternative sequels to traditional stories

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identifying intended audience

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write more extended stories

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write openings to stories or chapters

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use paragraphs to organise/sequence narrative

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collaborate to write stories in chapters for particular audience

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write own examples of descriptive, expressive language

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write an alternative ending for a known story

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write own longer stories

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write a story about a dilemma

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experiment with ways of opening a story

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write own versions of legends, myths, fables

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change point of view/narrator

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write from another character’s point of view

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manipulate narrative perspective

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write own story using flashbacks/story within a story

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write an extended story

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Summarising: see also note making

summarise the content of a passage/text orally and in writing

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summarise using key words/phrases

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summarise a sentence/paragraph; in writing the key ideas from a paragraph/chapter

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summarise a passage, chapter or text

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summarising fairly competing views

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