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Reading and responding to the story 'The Three Little Pigs'

English

Thinking from different perspectives in 'The Three Little Pigs'

Character description of the wolf in 'The Three Little Pigs'

Description of the houses built in 'The Three Little Pigs'

Sequencing and retelling 'The Three Little Pigs' using a story mountain

Writing the beginning of a story: 'The Three Little Pigs'

Writing the middle of a story: 'The Three Little Pigs'

Writing the end of a story: 'The Three Little Pigs'

In this unit, pupils read and respond to the traditional tale 'The Three Little Pigs'. Pupils first read the story, and look at it from different perspectives, before then writing their own version of the story.

'The Three Little Pigs': reading and writing

Which of these characters are in the story ‘The Three Little Pigs’?

Which is the setting of ‘The Three Little Pigs’?

The pigs decide to leave their house in the countryside.

The wolf is trying to blow down the houses belonging to the pigs.

The pigs end up safe and secure in the brick house.

Most traditional tales have a problem to solve. What is the main problem in the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’?

The problem is that the wolf is trying to blow down the pigs’ houses.

The problem is that the goats can’t cross the bridge.

Match the feature of the story to either ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ or both stories.

The pigs left their home in the countryside.

The pigs trapped the wolf in a pot of water.

Put the events from the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ in order.

Complete this sentence: The title of a book is ...

One day, there was a young girl named Jin.

Put the parts of a story in the correct order.

Complete the sentence: __________ is a type of story that is made up or imagined.

a story that is told again and again by lots of people

Which of these are features of traditional tales?

Starter Quiz

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