Retelling 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and using a story mountain
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan a story using a story mountain.
Key learning points
- Retelling a story helps us to remember the main events and use storytelling language, such as 'Once upon a time'
- Using storytelling language helps us to sequence events and provide a structure
- Story mountains map out the beginning, middle and end
- Powerful adjectives, verbs and adverbs can be added to a story mountain, such as 'enormous', 'crept', 'angrily'
- Story mountains help to plan a story
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
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to generate descriptive language for Task B.
Provide pupils with a word bank that includes two columns: expanded noun phrases and verbs. Encourage pupils to pick at least one from each column and add it it to their story mountain.
Teacher tip
For Task A, provide pupils with the six main events in the story in the wrong order. Ask them to cut and paste the events into the correct order on their story mountain.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is the adjective in this sentence: Jack lived with his lonely mother.
Q2.Match the word to the word class from this sentence: Jack took the magical beans.
Q3.Stories that are made up or imagined are ...
Q4.Which word completes this sentence so that it is in the past tense? Jack __________ away from the giant.
Q5.Complete this sentence: All stories include a beginning, middle and ...
Q6.Which sentence is correctly written?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does 'sequencing' mean?
Q2.Which of these events happens at the beginning of the story?
Q3.Which of these are sequencing words?
Q4.Which of these are adverbs?
Q5.Choose the expanded noun phrase that best describes the giant.
Q6.Match the word to the word class.
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