Talk for Writing – The Old Warehouse (4-Week Narrative Writing Unit)

Teach high-quality narrative writing with zero planning.

This unit is also included in a full 22-unit KS2 narrative writing bundle covering an entire term of structured writing.

This complete 4-week Talk for Writing unit for The Old Warehouse gives you everything you need to deliver engaging, structured lessons from start to finish.

Perfect for Upper KS2 / CfE Second Level classrooms.

Description

This 4-week Talk for Writing unit is a complete planning sequence built around the suspense narrative The Old Warehouse.

Designed for Upper Primary / Year 4, the unit follows the Talk for Writing teaching cycle of Imitation, Analysis, Innovation, and Independent Application, supporting pupils to develop confidence and independence in narrative writing.

Across the unit, pupils will:

• explore how suspense is created through atmosphere, setting, and description
• analyse character reactions, sentence structure, and vocabulary choices
• innovate the model text while maintaining narrative structure
• plan, write, edit, and present an independent suspense story

This resource provides clear, structured daily lesson outlines for a full four weeks of teaching and is designed as a flexible planning guide that can be adapted to suit individual classes.

What’s Included

• 4-week Talk for Writing unit
• 20 lesson outlines
• Suspense narrative focus
• Upper Primary / Year 4

Important Information

• Planning overview only
• No worksheets, slides, or model text included

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This unit is included in a 6-unit Writing Bundle covering a full term of teaching (fiction + non-fiction).

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This unit is part of a complete 22-unit KS2 narrative writing bundle covering an entire term.

✔ 22 ready-to-teach units 

✔ Full progression across the term 

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