Year 4 · Writing

Writing and editing

Create narratives, information texts and persuasive texts; edit, design and practise joined handwriting.

28 questions and practical tasks · 3 practice sets · filtered to VC2E4LE05

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Set 1

Questions 1–10

Creating an intriguing opening · Showing character feelings · Dialogue that develops character · Sequencing narrative events · Developing a character dilemma · Building suspense · Using viewpoint to shape setting · Connecting character traits and events · Choosing a narrative resolution · Cohesion through word associations

10 questions & tasks → Set 2

Questions 11–20

Creating poetic images · Implied feelings in dialogue · Planning a connected storyline · Creating an imaginative narrator · Conditional relationships in narrative · Writing a complete realistic narrative · Developing a complete problem-and-solution story · Connecting an opening detail to an ending · Revising a short narrative · Writing for a younger audience

10 questions & tasks → Set 3

Questions 21–28

Replacing vague vocabulary · Strengthening a narrative resolution · Using framing in a comic · Using sound to shape a story · Creating mood through image composition · Planning a complete multimodal narrative · Integrating narrative craft and revision · Creating and revising a complete picture-book plan

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Curriculum links

These activities map to the following Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 Level 4 content descriptions.

VC2E4LA03

Students learn that different texts are built in different ways, such as procedures, reports, narratives and explanations.

VC2E4LA04

Students learn to link ideas with words that show time, condition and topic relationships.

VC2E4LA09

Students learn how images, sound and layout guide attention and add meaning in visual texts.

VC2E4LA11

Students learn how to punctuate direct speech using quotation marks, commas, capitals and end punctuation.

VC2E4LE05

Students create their own literary texts using story elements and language choices they have noticed in reading.

VC2E4LY10

Students create clear written and spoken texts with linked ideas for different audiences and purposes.

VC2E4LY11

Students edit writing by improving meaning, content and structure, not just fixing spelling.

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