stories that are retold again and again in different ways that often include fictional or magical aspects

when authors create made up stories with characters, places and adventures which did not happen in real life

Introduction to traditional tales

English

Reading and responding to 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'

Imagining you are the characters: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'

Sequencing and making a story mountain: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'

Describing the troll in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'

Describing the goats in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'

Writing about characters, setting and plot: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'

Writing the end of the story: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'

In 'The Magic Porridge Pot', pupils will build on their ability to retell traditional tales and application of this to writing simple sentences using some modelled sequencing language.

In 'A Superhero Like You!', children learnt to write captions and short sentences including adjectives. In this unit, pupils will build on this by applying their sentences to a narrative form. 

In this unit, pupils explore traditional tales, sharing their preferences and focusing on 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. They orally retell a story using sequencing language. They also compose sentences including adjectives to describe the characters in the story. Finally, pupils write the story.

'The Three Billy Goats Gruff': reading and writing

The three billy goats are in a dry, brown meadow.

The three billy goats take it in turn to cross the bridge over a river.

The three billy goats get to the lush, green meadow and enjoy eating the grass.

Order the events that take place in the story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’.

Which of these words are adjectives: The mean, angry troll shouted. 

What is the person who draws the pictures for a book called?

Which of these are characters from the story "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"?

Which of these is a setting in the story of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"?

Starter Quiz

What do storybooks often have in them?