Talk for Writing – The Stone Trolls | 4-Week Narrative Writing Unit | Year 3 / Lower KS2
This 4-week Talk for Writing narrative unit is based on the traditional tale The Stone Trolls and is designed for Year 3 / Lower KS2 pupils.
This unit is also included in a full 22-unit KS2 narrative writing bundle covering an entire term of structured writing.
The unit follows the Talk for Writing teaching sequence, supporting pupils to develop confidence, structure, and independence as narrative writers through a clear, progressive approach.
📘 What’s included:
• A complete 4-week narrative writing unit
• Weekly focus on:
• Imitation
• Analysis
• Innovation
• Independent Application
• Clear learning intentions, suggested teaching approaches, and outcomes for each stage
• Teaching notes to support whole-class delivery and differentiation
• A skills overview showing progression across the unit
✍️ Skills developed:
• Narrative structure
• Character development
• Dialogue and speech punctuation
• Moral themes
• Sentence structure and vocabulary choice
By the end of the unit, pupils plan, write, edit, and present an original narrative inspired by the model text.
ℹ️ Important information:
This resource provides planning guidance only.
It does not include worksheets, slides, or a written model text.
It is designed as a flexible planning tool to support modelling, discussion, and shared writing.
⭐ Want the FULL writing curriculum? ⭐
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
✔ Save hours of planning every week
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🔹 FILE DETAILS
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narrative writing
year 3 literacy
lower ks2 writing
traditional tales
creative writing
english planning
story writing unit
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