Christmas narrative writing for Year 4 and Year 5 (KS2, Grades 3-4): a complete 36-page story planning pack with picture prompts, word banks, story plans, guided story writing, model stories and a teacher assessment. Pupils plan, draft and publish their own Christmas story with a beginning, a problem, events, a solution and an ending.

Each story starts with a festive picture and a mission, for example The Elf Who Missed the Sleigh, The Christmas Eve Snowstorm and The Mystery Gift Under the Tree. Pupils choose their character, collect noun, action verb, describing word and linking word banks, fill in a five-part story plan, then write a guided draft with sentence starters before a final copy and illustration.

What is included

• Two versions of the same 36 pages: colour and black and white
• Picture prompts and story missions
• Word banks: nouns, action verbs, describing words, time and linking words
• Story plan: beginning, problem, events, solution, ending
• Guided story pages with sentence starters (“At first, my character…”, “Suddenly…”)
• Final copy and illustration pages with a rereading checklist
• Teacher assessment with levels, strengths and next learning goal
• Guidance for supporting young writers, differentiation and three model stories with notes

Ways to use

• December literacy lessons and Christmas writing weeks
• Whole-class modelling, guided groups or independent writing
• Assessment of narrative writing with a clear success checklist
• Cover lessons and homework

Print on A4 or US Letter. PDF, US Letter (choose “Fit to page” to print on A4). English. Two PDF files.