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Writing the end of the story, building suspense: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

I can write the end of a traditional tale, building suspense.

New
New
Year 1

Writing the end of the story, building suspense: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

I can write the end of a traditional tale, building suspense.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Two ideas can be joined using a joining word, 'and'
  2. Exclamation marks can be used to show surprise, such as when the giant follows Jack down the beanstalk.
  3. Some adverbs describing how characters may move can be used at the start of a sentence, such as 'quickly'.
  4. Some adverbials of time build suspense, such as 'suddenly'
  5. When we start a sentence with an adverb, we call it a fronted adverbial.

Common misconception

Pupils may tick their success criteria without checking and correcting.

When you are modelling your write, continuously refer back to the success criteria yourself. Adapt the success criteria accordingly to help pupils experience success.

Keywords

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

  • Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas

  • Adjective - describes a noun

  • Ending - the final part of something, such as a story

  • Exclamation mark - a punctuation mark used to express strong emotion

Give your pupils a range of sequencing words and adverbs to choose from for both the oral (Task A) and written (Task B) part of this lesson.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these words are adjectives?
Correct answer: huge
beanstalk
the Giant
Correct answer: mean
Q2.
Which adjectives would you choose to best describe the beanstalk?
angry
blue
Correct answer: green
Correct answer: gigantic
Q3.
Match the word to the correct word class.
Correct Answer:clouds,noun

noun

Correct Answer:climbed,verb

verb

Correct Answer:fluffy,adjective

adjective

Correct Answer:quickly,adverb

adverb

Q4.
Which verb best fills the gap in this sentence: Sneakily, Jack __________ past the sleeping giant.
stomped
Correct answer: crept
charged
jumped
Q5.
What did Jack steal from the giant in the story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?
a glass slipper
Correct answer: a goose
a frog
Correct answer: a sack of gold
Correct answer: a talking harp
Q6.
Which is the only sentence that makes sense?
The top, he saw a grand, majestic castle.
At the top, a grand, majestic castle.
he saw grand, majestic castle.
Correct answer: At the top, he saw a grand, majestic castle.

6 Questions

Q1.
When is an exclamation mark used?
at the end of every sentence
to ask the reader for an answer
Correct answer: to express strong emotion such as shock or surprise
Q2.
Which sequencing word best fits the gap in this sentence: __________, the giant woke up.
Finally,
Once upon a time,
Correct answer: Suddenly,
Then,
Q3.
What was the solution to the problem?
Jack asked his mother to climb the beanstalk to help him.
Correct answer: Jack chopped the beanstalk down.
Jack gave the giant's things back to him.
The giant gobbled Jack and his mother up.
Q4.
Identify the adverbs.
Next,
Then,
Correct answer: Quickly,
Correct answer: Angrily,
Q5.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Jack and his mum lived happily ever after
jack and his mum lived happily ever after.
jack and his mum lived happily ever after
Correct answer: Jack and his mum lived happily ever after.
Q6.
Identify the sentence that makes complete sense.
The giant never seen again.
The was never seen again.
Correct answer: The giant was never seen again.
The giant was never again.

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