KS1 & KS2 English curriculum

This unit builds on pupils' learning of narrative writing in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. Pupils apply their knowledge of nouns and adjectives to the writing of descriptive sentences. They learn about verbs, selecting appropriate verbs to show characters' actions, and they write a narrative with a beginning, middle and end. To support their use of verbs, pupils orally rehearse their sentences in different ways before writing. This prepares pupils for the introduction to expanded noun phrases and the joining of two simple sentences in the next unit, 'Anna Hibiscus' Song'.

1. Reading and responding to 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
2. Comparing fairy tales
3. Imagining you are the characters in 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
4. Sequencing and making a story mountain: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
5. Writing descriptive sentences
6. Writing the beginning of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
7. Writing the middle of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
8. Writing the end of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'