Narrative Writing for Exam – IGCSE First Language English 0500/0990

13 lesson unit for IGCSE First Language English 0500/0990 for Narrative Writing, specifically for Paper 2 Exam Route. The theme of this unit is fantasy narrative writing.

Included is a 275 slide PowerPoint and 85 page student workbook with all activities included, such as the do nows, planning sheets, extracts, etc.

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Find the coursework adaptation of this same unit here: Narrative Writing for Coursework - IGCSE First Language English 0500/0990 - Taughtly

Lesson topics:

1. Introducing the fantasy genre
2. Show don’t tell
3. Settings
4. Characterisation
5. Dialogue
6. Plot mountain
7. Clues and tension
8. A* exemplar
9. Rank ordering three example stories
10. Generating character and setting ideas for the exam
11. Generating story ideas based on past paper questions
12. Timed & paced exam practice
13. Redrafting my story

Free sample lessons:

1. Unpicking an exemplar A* story: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13037017
2. Identifying show don’t tell: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13037005