Writing descriptive sentences

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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'

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

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

Complete the following sentence: 'An __________ describes a noun.'

Select the adjectives that describe the old woman's personality.

Select the adjectives that describe the old woman's appearance.

Identify the verb in the following sentence: The villagers tidied the streets.

Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?

A naming word for people, places and things.

Which is the correct definition of a noun?

Common nouns always need a capital letter.

Common nouns do not always need to start with a capital letter.

Which statements about common nouns are correct?

Match the noun types (person, place and thing) to the correct examples.

Which is the correct definition of an adjective?

Which is the correct definition of a verb?

Writing descriptive sentences

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