Writing to Entertain - Lesson 3 - Effective Openings

This unit of work contains a series of progressive lessons designed to help teach Writing to Entertain. Resources include eleven complete lessons, each created using the four part lesson plan structure (starter activity, introduction, development and plenary) and all of which can be fully edited and differentiated to fit your teaching requirements. Writing to Entertain is a thorough and detailed resource with lessons covering a number of activities: - What makes a good opening, narrative hooks Improving vocabulary - How to structure a story and set the scene - The five stage narrative plan when writing to entertain - Using similes, metaphors, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in your writing - Drafting and redrafting writing.