Scotland at the 2026 World Cup | Narrative Writing Lessons | CfE First Level | P2, P3 & P4
Scotland at the 2026 World Cup | Narrative Writing Lessons | CfE First Level | P2, P3 & P4
Harness World Cup excitement to inspire your writers! This fully differentiated narrative writing resource for CfE First Level contains three complete lesson plans with pupil worksheets — one each for Primary 2, Primary 3 and Primary 4 — all built around Jamie, a young Scotland fan watching Scotland’s historic 4–2 win over Denmark at Hampden Park.
What’s included:
• P2 lesson — shared stimulus reading, sentence starters, a word bank and a drawing activity to scaffold early writers
• P3 lesson — fuller stimulus text, a five-stage planning grid, vocabulary support and extended writing space
• P4 lesson — complete stimulus text with a Writer’s Toolkit analysis activity, two-section planning grid and extended writing space
Every lesson includes:
• A clear Learning Intention and Success Criteria
• Differentiated teacher notes with discussion prompts and plenary ideas
• A narrative stimulus text written and levelled specifically for each year group
• A word bank tailored to the level
• Planning grid with structured prompts
• A self-assessment section
Curriculum links:
Literacy and English — Writing for a range of purposes and audiences; narrative structure; descriptive language; vocabulary development; sentence-level work.
Why teachers love this resource:
Fully planned — Learning Intention, Success Criteria, teacher notes, stimulus and pupil task all in one document
Topical, real-world context that gives reluctant writers something to say
Progresses from supported sentence writing at P2 to independent narrative craft at P4
Print and go — no preparation needed
Compatible with any school using the Curriculum for Excellence

















