{"product_id":"narrative-writing-unit-years-3-and-4-no-prep-story-writing-lessons-emberwick","title":"Narrative Writing Unit Years 3 and 4 | No Prep Story Writing Lessons | Emberwick","description":"\u003cp\u003eA no-prep narrative writing unit: ten ready-to-teach story writing lessons for Years 3 and 4, plus a bonus lesson. Open one file on your projector, press the right arrow and teach, while children write in a printed Keeper's Journal. No logins, no student devices, and it works offline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lessons are set in Emberwick, a painted harbour town where the lights are going out, with read-aloud voices, music and bigger text on screen for younger readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT A LESSON LOOKS LIKE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou run every lesson from the computer on your projector or board, and your students write in their own printed Keeper's Journal. Lessons run for about 45 minutes, with bigger text on screen for younger readers and read-aloud voices for the story lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery lesson runs the same steps, so children always know what comes next: Today, Story, Warm-up, Learn it, Watch it built (the model sentence grows in front of the class), Together, Your turn and Lamp Check. On Your turn there are three lamps to choose from: the First Lamp (fill the gaps), the Second Lamp (use the starters) and the Third Lamp (go further).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour notes are on every step. Press ? for what to say, what to watch for and the answers. A \"Before Lesson 1\" page in the Lesson Guide gets you ready in ten minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHY YOUR CLASS WILL REMEMBER IT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery lesson your class finishes relights more of the painted town, and a class lamp in the corner fills as you go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eON A RELIEF DAY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the notes for every step sit under ? on the screen, and the Lesson Guide has the flow and timings for each lesson, a colleague can run the next lesson for you on a relief day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE LESSONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnswer the Letter (clear sentences in a letter)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePull the Weeds (sharp words instead of tired ones)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen the Five Windows (describing with the senses)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShow the Feeling (showing how a character feels)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGive Back the Voices (speech marks)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChange the Mood (words that create a mood)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStitch the Sentences (joining sentences, adding when and where)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Unfinished Tale: The Beginning (hooks, who, where and when)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Unfinished Tale: The Middle (the problem, in order, with time words)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Unfinished Tale: Light the Great Lamp (endings, editing, sharing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlus a bonus lesson, Who Is Telling the Story? (first and third person).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOW IT RUNS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne HTML file. Open it in Chrome or Edge and press F for full screen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrow keys, Space or a presentation clicker move you through the lesson. T starts a timer, H shows Nova's hint, R reveals answers and model moves, A reads the step aloud.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo printer? Every task is on the screen, so students can write in their exercise books.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks offline, needs no logins and stores nothing about your students. There's a one-page sheet for your IT team in the zip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAustralian or US English: a Spelling choice in Settings switches the on-screen spelling. The voices and the printed Journal and Guide stay Australian. The PDFs are A4; on US Letter, choose \"Fit to page\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePainted art, voices and music are all inside the file.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCURRICULUM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for the Australian Curriculum: English (v9) in Years 3 and 4, and mapped to four more: the US Common Core State Standards, the National Curriculum in England (Key Stage 2), Cambridge Primary English and the IB PYP. The Lesson Guide lists the links for each lesson, with the official wording.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT'S INCLUDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lessons: one offline HTML file for your projector or board (10 lessons plus a bonus lesson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeeper's Journal (PDF, 28 pages): print double-sided or as an A5 booklet. Two pages per lesson that follow the screen step by step, a story mountain, a Word Garden, a \"My Finished Tale\" page and a certificate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Lamp pages (PDF, 12 pages): a fill-the-gaps writing page for each lesson, for students who need the sentence shape given to them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeacher Lesson Guide (PDF, 71 pages): a \"Before Lesson 1\" page, flow and timings for every lesson, teacher notes, what to watch for, support and extension, answers and sample writing, a class lamp tracker, a writing rubric and curriculum links\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor Your IT Team (PDF, 1 page)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSTART HERE quick guide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHICH EMBERWICK EDITION DO I NEED?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll five editions are set in the same painted town and are in the Star Class Academy store.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeacher-Led Edition, Years 3 and 4 (this one): 10 lessons plus a bonus lesson on one screen, a 28-page Keeper's Journal and fill-the-gaps First Lamp pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeacher-Led Edition, Years 5 and 6: 12 lessons on one screen and a 32-page Keeper's Journal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeacher-Led Edition, Years 7 to 9: 12 lessons plus a bonus lesson, a 48-page Keeper's Journal, three Lamps in every lesson and Relief Lesson Cards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudent Game Edition, Years 5 and 6: each student writes on their own device and hears back from the characters, with a teacher console.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudent Game Edition, Years 7 to 9: the full game for older students, with a teacher console.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no Student Game Edition for Years 3 and 4: this edition is the whole unit, taught from the projector.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYOU MAY ALSO LIKE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeaching a Year 4 and 5 class? Emberwick Teacher-Led Edition (Years 5 and 6) carries on in the same town with the same characters. It is in the Star Class Academy store.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOW IT WAS MADE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painted art, the music and most of the voices were made with AI tools and then chosen and edited by us. Two of the voices are our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLICENCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor use by the purchasing teacher with their own classes. You may put these files on a password-protected or school-internal site (such as your school's learning platform) for your own classes. 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