following the order in which a series of events happened

a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark

Thinking from different perspectives: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

English

Exploring the genre of fairy tales in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

Character description of the giant in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

Character description of Jack in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

Expressing an opinion about events and themes in ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’

Retelling 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and using a story mountain

Writing the beginning of a story, introducing character and setting: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

Writing the middle, building suspense: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

Writing the end of the story, building suspense: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

In this unit, pupils wrote a fictional narrative with a beginning, middle and end in the past tense. In 'School Trip Recount', pupils will write a personal, non-fiction recount from their own experience with a beginning, middle and end in chronological order. 

In 'Wild', pupils wrote a descriptive narrative using adverbs of time. In this unit, pupils will build on this by writing a fictional narrative including adverbs of time and manner. 

'Jack and the Beanstalk': reading and writing

What are the settings from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?

Which of these is a character from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?

Choose an adjective to describe how Jack feels when the old man hands over the magical beans.

When the giant wakes up and sees Jack, Jack feels __________. Choose an adjective to complete the sentence.

Fill in the missing key word: Different characters can have different __________ about the same event.

Which adjective describes how Jack is feeling at the end of the story?

Which of these words are nouns? She threw the beans out the window. 

How do Jack and his mother feel at the start of the story?

Starter Quiz

What is a character?