Grade 6 English: Narrative and Creative Writing

Free Grade 6 English unit on Narrative and Creative Writing: 10 lessons in order. Includes practice questions and answer keys.

10 lessons in this unit

Plan an original narrative by choosing a character, setting, problem and ending, and organising ideas in a story plan.

Shape a plot with a clear opening, build-up, climax, and resolution, using cause and effect between events.

Create convincing characters through description, action, speech, thoughts and relationships, showing rather than telling.

Create settings and atmosphere using sensory details, precise vocabulary and figurative language.

Write effective dialogue that reveals character and moves the story forward, punctuated correctly with speech tags and action beats.

Choose and sustain a narrative perspective (first person, third person limited, omniscient) in your own story and explain its effect.

Control the pace of a narrative by varying sentence length, detail and summary versus scene.

Use similes, metaphors, personification and idioms in your own narrative writing to create vivid images, avoiding clichés.

Revise a narrative draft for plot, character, setting, voice and language, using feedback and a checklist.

Prepare and share a finished original narrative, with a title, final proofreading, presentation and reflection.