a naming word for people, places and things

a punctuation mark used to list two adjectives or after a fronted adverbial

a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, or other adverbs

a punctuation mark used to express strong emotion

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

English

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

Outside his window was a gigantic beanstalk!

Which sentences end in exclamation marks?

describes or gives more information about a verb

Which is the correct definition of an adverb?

The next morning, Jack woke up to find an enormous beanstalk.

Quickly, he climbed up into the fluffy clouds.

After that, he saw a majestic, grand castle.

Identify the sentences that include sequencing language.

Which verb would best fill the gap in this sentence: Jack _________ the beanstalk.

Identify the sentence that makes complete sense.

He crept inside the castle and he saw a huge giant sleeping.

Which word is the **adjective** in this sentence: Jack lived with his lonely mother.

Match the word to the word class from this sentence: Jack climbed the enormous beanstalk.

Choose the correct word to complete this sentence: Fairy tales are...

Choose the correct word to complete this sentence: Every sentence starts with a...

A huge beanstalk grew outside Jack's window.

Jack climbed up the beanstalk to a castle in the sky.

Order these events that take place in the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk'.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

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

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.