Writing the middle 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 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 sentences end in exclamation marks?

a naming word for people, places and things

Which is the correct definition of a verb?

Identify the sentences that include sequencing language.

Which verb would best fill the gap in this sentence: Jin __________ home.

Identify the sentence that make complete sense.

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

Match the word to the word class from this sentence: She ran through the leafy forest.

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

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

Jin said the magical words twice and the pot overflowed.

The streets of the village were flooded with porridge.

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

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

Lesson outcome