Students assist Hattie the Hen at the Narrative Repair Shop by reading or listening to 16 different passages and deciding whether each one is a narrative. Class discussion is encouraged, with students explaining their reasoning and identifying narrative features such as characters, setting, problem and resolution. Passages that do not belong help deepen students' understanding of other text types by comparison.

The Narrative Repair Shop: Identifying Text Types PowerPoint is editable, allowing you to tailor questions or swap out text passages to suit your learners. Whether used across multiple lessons or as a single launch activity, this resource is a powerful way to scaffold narrative text analysis and introduce new writing tasks.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and explain features of narrative writing
• ✅ Distinguish between narrative and non-narrative text types
• ✅ Justify answers using evidence from the passage

What’s Included:

• Interactive PowerPoint with 16 text-type identification slides
• Passages with audio or written format for student analysis
• Editable structure for teacher customisation
• Bright visuals, themed characters and sound effects

Materials Needed:

• Interactive whiteboard or device capable of running PowerPoint
• Optional: small whiteboards to use for extra hands-on learning

How to Use:

1. Open the PowerPoint on your interactive whiteboard or device.
2. Introduce Hattie the Hen and explain the task of identifying text types.
3. Display each passage and have students decide if it’s a narrative or not.
4. Discuss student reasoning and highlight key text features.
5. Extend learning by using the passages as writing prompts.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a warm-up to your narrative writing unit
• 💡 Integrate into literacy rotations for text feature practise
• 💡 Use for assessment checkpoints on text type understanding
• 💡 Pair with highlighters or whiteboards to annotate text features
• 💡 Use for whole-class discussion or small group conferencing

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Model how to identify narrative features on a sample passage first
• 💛 Encourage students to explain their answers using sentence starters like “I think this is a narrative because...”
• 💛 Use incorrect examples as opportunities to revise persuasive and informative features

The Narrative Repair Shop: Identifying Text Types PowerPoint is a fun and purposeful way to explore writing styles - building confidence and critical thinking in young writers while supporting curriculum-aligned text-type knowledge.