Writing the end of the story: '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'

Sequencing and making a story mountain: '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'

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 **adjective** best describes the villagers at the end of the story?

They all made a river of porridge running through the village.

The old woman came and took the pot away.

Suddenly, Jin remembered the magical words to stop the pot.

Which sequencing word is often used at the end of a story?

Finally, they the streets and lived happily ever after.

Finally, they scrubbed the streets and happily ever after.

Finally, they scrubbed the streets and lived happily ever after.

Finally, scrubbed the streets and lived happily ever after.

Identify the sentence that makes complete sense.

Which adjectives would you choose to best describe the pot the old woman gives Jin in the story?

Match the word to the correct word class.

Which **verb** best fills the gap in this sentence: The porridge __________ the streets.

Jin left the oven on whilst it was cooking.

a gust of wind came into the room and stirred up a storm in the kitchen.

Finish this sentence: The porridge pot overflowed because...

Which is the only sentence that is correct as it makes sense?

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

Lesson outcome