Stories with a Familiar Setting

In the first term of Year 3 the children are required to study the Literacy Unit -"Stories with a Familiar Setting".
For your interest here is a brief description of the planning provided by the National Literacy Framework:

Stories with a Familiar Setting.
Overview -Read short stories and serialised longer stories and review the main features of the characters, plot and setting. Discuss views, response and preferences as a class. Compare settings and analyse words and phrases used for description. Teacher demonstrates and then children plan and write a story with description of setting, beginning, middle and end. Open with description of setting to set scene. Clear beginning, middle and end.

Phase 1   Read and compare stories with familiar settings. Engage in investigations and analysis of various settings. Discuss atmosphere and common features and themes.
Phase 2    Reread and analyse, investigate and write sentences through modelled and shared composition.
Phase 3   Investigate and write sentences to describe a setting.  Writing of stories.

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