Key Stage Two : English : Year Six Planning : Detective Stories : Lesson Four – Story Paragraphs


This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to convert a selection of paragraphs from a detective story from the first to the third person. The children can use conjunctions to add extra parts to their sentences matching the style of a detective story.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to convert a selection of paragraphs from a detective story from the first to the third person

Learning Objectives

Selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning. Discuss and evaluate how authors use language considering the impact on the reader.

Learning Outcomes

I can convert sentences written in the first person into the third person. I can explain how authors use paragraphs to convey different parts of a story.

Story Paragraphs

Teaching sequence to help the children convert a selection of paragraphs from a detective story from the first to the third person

Sentence Changes

Activity to help the children write a selection of paragraphs for a detective story changing sentences from the first to the third person

Sentence Conjunctions

Vocabulary word bank to help the children select and use conjunctions to link sentence clauses to match the content of a story written from the viewpoint of one of the characters

Story Paragraphs

Interactive activity to help the children convert a selection of paragraphs from a detective story from the first to the third person

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to convert a selection of paragraphs from a detective story from the first to the third person

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