Key learning points

1. Retelling a story helps us to remember the main events and use storytelling language, such as 'Once upon a time'
2. Using storytelling language helps us to sequence events and provide a structure
3. Story mountains map out the beginning, middle and end
4. Powerful adjectives, verbs and adverbs can be added to a story mountain, such as 'enormous', 'crept', 'angrily'
5. Story mountains help to plan a story

Common misconception

Keywords

• Sequence - following the order in which a series of events happened

• Structure - the order of events within a narrative that gives it a coherent and engaging flow

• Description - using words to help someone imagine what something is like

• Main events - main parts of a story

• Adverb - a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, or other adverbs