Criterion 5 of 10 · Narrative writing

Vocabulary

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Preview: the film’s opening, 0:54
Opening the course…

What the film covers

Three stories from the guide, and the words their markers picked out: a bus trip to outer space, a night at a hut on a hill and a warrior’s revenge. Low on the scale a marker can count the precise words; from a four, it is what the words are doing.

All ten criteria, with teaching moves, in how to teach narrative writing

Stories from the film

From the guide’s sample scripts, with the score each was given for Vocabulary.

  • Space Tour 3 out of 5
  • Tracy 4 out of 5
  • Axe 5 out of 5
From the film: the hillFrom the film: the plainFrom the film: whirled away

A handout to print

Stories from the film, and the scale for this criterion. It comes with free access.

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