Writing the end of the story: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write the end of a story.
Key learning points
- Rehearsing a sentence out loud before writing it helps us to remember it
- Reading a sentence back after writing helps to check it makes sense
- Every sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop
- Traditional tales tend to end with a happy ending
- Word banks help to find keywords to include in writing
Keywords
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter
Full stop - a punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence
Adjective - describes a noun
Sequence - following the order in which a series of events happened
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.
Teacher tip
If necessary, adapt or simplify the expected sentence for some pupils. For example, for 'Suddenly, the brave goat charged at the mean troll.', use 'ran' instead of 'charged'. Constantly repeating the sentence stem will support children to hold a sentence independently.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words are adjectives?
Q2.Which adjectives would you choose to best describe the meadow at the beginning of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?
Q3.Which adjective best describes the troll?
Q4.Which of these characters knocks the troll into the river?
Q5.Match the word to its example.
T
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.
Q6.Which is the only sentence that is correct as it makes sense?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does an adjective describe?
Q2.What is the correct and complete definition of a noun?
Q3.Match these definitions.
a naming word for people, places or things
describes a noun
a naming word for a specific person, place or thing
Q4.Identify the nouns.
Q5.Which sequencing word is often used at the end of a story?
Q6.Which is the correctly punctuated sentence?
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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