Creating interesting settings for stories can improve pupils’ story writing when working independently. Using the planning sheets provided, pupils can develop ideas for settings that can be used in their narrative writing or stored in a writing ideas book to be used in future stories.
The planning worksheets provide opportunities to draw, describe and develop ideas for settings, thinking about how these might be described. The resources are adaptable for pupils working across the primary age range.
What is included in this creating characters resource?
- My setting worksheet
- Creating a setting worksheet
- Show me, don’t tell me worksheet
- Teacher notes with guidance on how the resource could be used
National Curriculum English Programme of Study
Writing - composition
Year 2
Pupils should be taught to consider what they are going to write before beginning by:
- planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about
- writing down ideas and /or key words, including new vocabulary
Year 3 /4
Pupils should be taught to:
- plan their writing by discussing and recording ideas
- draft and write by, in narratives, creating settings, characters and plot
Year 5 /6
Pupils should be taught to:
- plan their writing by, in writing narratives, considering how authors have developed characters and settings ...
- draft and write by, in narratives, describing settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance action