Monthly Archives: April 2017

Short Narratives – really short narratives!

In Year 6, we have been carefully putting together our short narratives inspired by Philip Pullman’s story, Clockwork.  But can you write a REALLY short narrative?  Can you write a narrative which has fewer than 100 words?

TOP TIP 1: Remember what Malorie Blackman said in her video about narrative: create a character; make something bad happen to it; fix it!

TOP TIP 2: Last year we tried writing stories in five sentences:

Once upon a time …

One day …

Unfortunately, …

Luckily, …

Finally, …

Good Luck!