Writing the beginning of a story: 'The Three Little Pigs'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write the beginning of a traditional tale, introducing the characters and setting.
Key learning points
- Traditional tales are mostly told in the past tense.
- The beginning of a story introduces the main characters, setting and plot.
- Two ideas can be joined using the joining word 'and'.
- When a sentence has two adjectives before a noun, a comma is needed between them, such as 'excited, adventurous pigs'.
- An adverb describes a verb; adverbs can describe how something happened, such as ‘proudly’.
Keywords
Beginning - the start of something
Character - a person or an animal in a story
Setting - where the story takes place
Plot - what happens in the story
Adverb - describes a verb
Common misconception
Children may struggle with the spelling of certain words.
Where possible, encourage the children to use phonics strategies to create phonetically plausible spellings. For other words, create a word bank for children to refer to. 'Decided', 'countryside' and 'adventure' would be useful words to include.
Teacher tip
Use the example sentences in LC2 to check the success criteria and as a further opportunity to discuss key vocabulary and suggest adjectives and adverbs to pupils.
Equipment
You need a copy of 'The Three Little Pigs', which is in the additional resources for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Change the verb in this sentence so that it is in the past tense: I play in the park.
Q2.Which of these words is a noun in this sentence? The excited, adventurous pigs left home.
Q3.Identify the adjectives in this sentence: The excited, adventurous pigs travelled to find a home.
Q4.Match these words to their definition.
a naming word for people, places or things
describes a noun
a doing or being word
joins words or ideas together
Q5.Which expanded noun phrase has the comma in the correct place?
Q6.Correct the spelling of the word in bold. Thay felt scared.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which sequencing language might you use at the start of a traditional tale?
Q2.Match these words to the correct punctuation.
,
.
!
Q3.Identify the joining word in this sentence: The pigs felt bored and they left their home in the countryside.
Q4.When might you use an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence?
Q5.What should we do before we start writing?
Q6.Complete this sentence: The beginning of a story...
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