a way to sequence and order key events of a story to retell

following the order in which a series of events happened

an overview of a text’s main points and ideas; it tells readers the most important parts.

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

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Reading and responding to 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'

Introduction to traditional tales

Imagining you are the characters: '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

Which of these settings is at the beginning of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?

Which part of the story is often where the characters face a big challenge or problem?

Choose the best sequencing word to use at the end of the story. __________, the goats grazed happily on the sweet, green grass. 

The smallest billy goat approaches the bridge.

The middle billy goat approaches the bridge.

The largest billy goat approaches the bridge.

Order these events that take place in the story 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'.

Which word is the **adjective** in this sentence: The goats lived in a dry meadow.

Match the word to the word class from this sentence: The troll fell into the cold river.

Stories that are made up or imagined are ...

Which word completes this sentence so that it is in the **past tense**? The troll __________ at the little goat. 

Complete this sentence: All stories include a beginning, middle and ...

Starter Quiz

Which word is the adjective in this sentence: The goats lived in a dry meadow.