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This unit is part of a COMPLETE Talk for Writing bundle designed to give you a full year of high-quality writing covered:

✔ 22 fully planned writing units
✔ 88 weeks of lessons
✔ Clear progression across KS2
✔ No prep required
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This 4-week Talk for Writing narrative unit is based on Fowler’s Yard and is designed for Upper Key Stage 2 pupils.

The unit follows the Talk for Writing teaching sequence of Imitation, Analysis, Innovation and Independent Application, supporting pupils to develop confidence, structure, and control in suspense and warning narratives.

This resource is a teacher planning pack and provides clear guidance for teaching a complete four-week writing block.

Focus of the unit includes:
• Building atmosphere through setting
• Creating suspense and tension
• Understanding warning story structures
• Developing descriptive vocabulary
• Planning, drafting, editing, and presenting narrative writing

What’s Included

✔ 10-page teacher planning pack
✔ Unit overview and teaching sequence
✔ Weekly breakdown (Imitation → Independent Application)
✔ Learning intentions and outcomes for each week
✔ Suggested teaching approaches
✔ Skills progression overview
✔ Teaching notes and final guidance

TEACHERS ALSO CHOOSE THE FULL BUNDLE

If you like this unit, the full bundle gives you a complete, structured writing curriculum with everything planned for you.

✔ 22 complete Talk for Writing units
✔ Covers a wide range of narrative themes
✔ Built for clear progression across KS2
✔ Ideal for long-term planning and consistency

Many teachers choose the full bundle to avoid planning each unit individually and to ensure progression across the year.

View the full bundle here:
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No worksheets, slides, or pupil resources included
No written model text included

Who This Resource Is For
• Upper KS2 teachers
• Teachers using Talk for Writing
• Schools wanting low-prep, flexible planning guidance
• Teachers who prefer to adapt modelling and shared writing to their own class

Curriculum Links
• Narrative writing
• Suspense / warning stories
• Spoken language and oral rehearsal
• Planning, drafting, editing, and improving writing

File Details
• PDF format
• 10 pages
• For personal classroom use only