B5 English Language · Term 3 Week 5: Creative/ Free Writing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.4.11.1.2

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and name the key features of an imaginative narrative story: title, characters, setting, plot, conflict, and dialogue.
Plan a short imaginative story by deciding on characters, a conflict, a setting, and an outline of events.
Write a first draft of an imaginative story of at least one paragraph that includes a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Revise and edit their own draft to improve word choice, correct punctuation, and ensure the story makes sense.
Publish a final version of their story in neat handwriting, with a title and clear paragraphs.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Creative/ Free Writing (4.11)
Content standard: B5.4.11.1 - Create texts
Indicator: B5.4.11.1.2 - Write poems and imaginative narrative stories using knowledge of features of poems and imaginative texts
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 5 (Week 29 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 131
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Discuss elements of narrative stories with learners.
- Title
- Characters
- Setting
- Plot/story line
- Conflict dialogue etc.
Note: Stories have people (characters) who face a problem (conflict) in a particular place and time (setting). They show what people do (action) and say (dialogue) to resolve the problem.
- Guide learners through the writing process to write their stories.
- Put pupils into small groups to plan their writing.
- Create characters
- Create conflict
- Establish a setting
- Plan action and dialogue
- Have learners write the first draft, revise, edit and publish their writing.
- Refer to Strand 4, Sub-strand for the details of the stages of the writing process.
Poems and Plays:
- Discuss sentences of poems and plays. Guide learners through the writing process to write poems and plays.