A fun literacy lesson for grade 5/6 to develop students’ ability to create engaging narrative leads to grab their reader’s attention. Students read the mentor text “My Two Blankets” by Irena Kobald as inspiration for their own writing.

5 Lessons

Grade: 5-6

Narrative Writing with My Two Blankets

This mini-unit will explicitly step students through the skill of writing an engaging narrative text, diving deeper into the traits of writing such as word choice, structure and sentence fluency. This unit uses the text, ‘My Two Blankets’ by Irena Kobald, to create an opportunity for students to explore features of a text, and in their own writing. These lessons can be adapted and used as stand alone lessons or with another text of choice.

A fun literacy lesson for grade 5/6 to develop students’ ability to create engaging narrative leads to grab their reader’s attention. Students read the mentor text “My Two Blankets” by Irena Kobald as inspiration for their own writing.

5 Lessons

Grade: 5-6

Narrative Writing with My Two Blankets

This mini-unit will explicitly step students through the skill of writing an engaging narrative text, diving deeper into the traits of writing such as word choice, structure and sentence fluency. This unit uses the text, ‘My Two Blankets’ by Irena Kobald, to create an opportunity for students to explore features of a text, and in their own writing. These lessons can be adapted and used as stand alone lessons or with another text of choice.

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Essential Question/s

How can I, as a writer, construct an engaging narrative text?

General Capabilities

Literacy
Critical and Creative thinking

Lessons

5 Lessons

Lesson 1

A fun literacy lesson for grade 5/6 to develop students’ ability to create engaging narrative leads to grab their reader’s attention. Students read the mentor text “My Two Blankets” by Irena Kobald as inspiration for their own writing.

Lesson
Writing

Narrative Writing with ‘My Two Blankets’ - Creating a Lead

Grades: 5-6

Creating an engaging lead for a narrative text.

Lesson 2

A valuable writing lesson for grade 5/6 to develop students’ ability to describe using Show Don’t Tell. Students read the mentor text “My Two Blankets” by Irena Kobald as inspiration for their own writing.

Lesson
Writing

Narrative Writing with My Two Blankets - Show Don't Tell

Grades: 5-6

Using ‘Show Don’t Tell’ to engage the reader in a narrative text.

Lesson 3

A valuable and engaging writing lesson for grade 5/6 to develop students’ ability to describe using metaphors as a figurative language device. Students read the mentor text “My Two Blankets” by Irena Kobald as inspiration for their own writing. The text also provides fantastic opportunities for rich and varied discussion.

Lesson
Reading | Writing

Narrative Writing with My Two Blankets - Metaphors

Grades: 5-6

Enhance our narrative writing with metaphors.

Lesson 4

An engaging and practical writing lesson for grade 5/6 to develop students’ ability to use adjectives in their sentences to add detail. Students read the mentor text “My Two Blankets” by Irena Kobald as inspiration for their own writing. The text also provides fantastic opportunities for rich and varied discussion.

Lesson
Writing

Narrative Writing with My Two Blankets - 2Ad Sentences

Grades: 5-6

Add detail to our narratives by including two adjectives before each noun (2Ad sentences).

Lesson 5

My Two Blankets

Lesson
Writing

Narrative Writing with ‘My Two Blankets’ - Ending With a Sense of Resolution

Grades: 5-6

Finish our narrative texts with a well rounded ending and sense of resolution.

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