Breaking+Down+Fairytales

**Here we will learn about how to teach children about the way a narrative is constructed - narratives are made up of different elements that work together to make a story:**

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===**Here is an interactive whiteboard activity that can be used to study a particular narrative. Students can fill in their story map with information about a narrative they've read and see how the elements fit together.**===

===**Here is a marking guide that can be adapted to a lesson about writing. It outlines the criteria for assessment which can then be used to help you teach students about the things they need to consider when looking at narrative construction.**===

===**Here is a fantastic video that could be used to introduce children to the idea of writing a narrative. It goes through the 5 elements that make up a short story and how they work together to make a narrative.**=== media type="youtube" key="c6I24S72Jps" width="425" height="350"