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Year 4 · English
Create fiction in Year 4 English
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Focus on writing a story with characters and setting. Open support for “Develop Characters Through Dialogue and Action”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 4 learners practise writing a story with characters and setting.
The activities include Develop Characters Through Dialogue and Action, Respond to a Description of a Setting - The Secret Garden, Use Powerful Vocabulary and Figurative Language to Describe a Setting, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, interactive, lesson, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Develop Characters Through Dialogue and Action — support from YouTube — Word Wisdom
- Respond to a Description of a Setting - The Secret Garden — support from Oak National Academy
- Use Powerful Vocabulary and Figurative Language to Describe a Setting — support from Oak National Academy
- Write Contrasting Descriptions of a Similar Setting — support from Oak National Academy
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Giving Your Characters a Voice: Dialogue and Character Traits
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Oak Year 4: Writing a Setting Description
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KS2 Show, Don't Tell: Showing How Characters Feel
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Imaginary Fantasy Setting Description KS2 Example Text
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Kearsney Parks KS2: The Secret Garden
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KS2 Building Suspense, Tension and Atmosphere PowerPoint
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Oak Year 4 Characterisation Worksheet and Quizzes
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Oak Year 4 Setting Description Worksheet and Quizzes
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