Reading Lists: Fantasy

Inventing Characters Read! Journal Word Notebook

Choosing Titles The Fab Four Golden Rules Generating Ideas Stealing Ideas From an Idea to a Plan Planning from a Picture Stories Based on a Passage Stories Based on a Sentence An Example of Good Planning

Describing a Location Longer descriptions Describing a character's appearance Dialogue Distinctive Voices Show, Don't Tell Characterisation: Shown Feelings More Characterisation Techniques Playing with Sentences Playscripts Action Suspense

What is story structure? 1 Exciting opening line 2 Set the scene 3 Talking and describing character 4 Characterisation 5 Suspense 6 Action 7 Cliffhanger Standing Out: How can you stand out from the crowd? Clever Clogs: Non-Linear Clever-clogs: Two perspectives Clever-clogs: Narrative voice Practice 11+ exam titles

Checking your story in an exam Redrafting = improving your story What if I run out of time in an exam? The Grumpy Examiner's Pet Hates

Year 2 into 3 Lemony Snicket After Harry Potter Must-Read Authors Spy Novels Horror Stories Classics Animal Stories Adventure Historical Fiction Myths & Legends Fantasy Family Stories & Comedies

The Wind Singer by William Nicholson.
A fantasy story filled with action, The Wind Singer is a perfect read for Year Four and above.

The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
Charmed Life by Diane Wynne Jones
Whispering to Witches by Anna Dale
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Northchild by Edith Pattou
Stravaganza: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman
Fire Star by Chris D’Lacey
The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill. A great read to learn more about writing action scenes.
Troll Fell by Katherine Langrish

The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
A wonderful, dark series in which witches lurk amongst us. A must-read.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein

Last updated on August 12, 2007