Sequencing and making a story mountain: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

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Reading and responding to 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Comparing fairy tales

Imagining you are the characters in 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Writing descriptive sentences

Writing the beginning of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Writing the middle of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Writing the end of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

In 'Anna Hibiscus' Song', pupils will continue to build their descriptive vocabulary by describing characters, settings and their own family members as well as starting to write for a range of purposes. 

In 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff', children were introduced to the genres and features of fairytales and wrote sentences using an adjective. In this unit, pupils will compare fairytales and write a simplified version of the Magic Porridge Pot with a scaffolded introduction to sequencing and storytelling language. 

In this unit, pupils explore magical elements of fairy tales in 'The Magic Porridge Pot'. They sequence the events using a story mountain and add sequencing language and descriptions to orally retell the story. Pupils also apply their understanding of verbs and adjectives to their narrative writing.

'The Magic Porridge Pot': reading and writing

Which of these settings is at the beginning of 'The Magic Porridge Pot'?

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 villagers managed to tidy up the mess and destruction created by the porridge.

A wise, old lady gave Jin a magical porridge pot.

The magical porridge pot overflowed into the house, streets and village.

Jin and the villagers worked as a team to tidy up the village.

Order these events that take place in the story 'The Magic Porridge Pot'.

Which word is the **adjective** in this sentence: Jin lived in a small village.

Match the word to the word class from this sentence: The magical pot bubbled.

Stories that are made up or imagined are ...

Which word completes this sentence so that it is in the **past tense**? Jin __________ home.

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

Sequencing and making a story mountain: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Lesson outcome