Writing the middle of a story: 'The Three Little Pigs'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write the middle of a traditional tale.
Key learning points
- Traditional tales often have repeated elements, making them easier to remember and retell.
- The repeated element of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ is each pig building their house to have it blown down by the wolf.
- The pig building the house and the wolf blowing it down are two ideas that are related, so can be joined using ‘and’.
- Adjectives can be used to describe things and characters, such as the houses and the wolf.
- When using more than one adjective to describe a noun, they must be separated with a comma.
Keywords
Expanded noun phrase - two adjectives listed to describe a noun
Comma - a punctuation mark used to separate two adjectives or after a fronted adverbial
Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas
Common misconception
Pupils may be daunted by the quantity they are expected to write.
Spend time emphasising the repeated aspects to show pupils that once they have written one sentence, the following sentences are very similar.
Teacher tip
To chunk the writing, add images for the pupils to stick next to their writing to break the amount down.
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.Which word is the adjective in this sentence? The mean wolf tried to blow down the house.
Q2.Match the word to the word class from this sentence: The brave pig built the house.
adjective
noun
verb
Q3.Choose the correct word to complete this sentence: Traditional tales are...
Q4.Choose the correct word to complete this sentence: Every sentence must start with a / an...
Q5.Which expanded noun phrase is punctuated correctly?
Q6.Order these events that take place in the story 'The Three Little Pigs'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which adjectives could describe the straw house?
Q2.Which adjectives could describe the stick house?
Q3.Which adjectives could describe the brick house?
Q4.Identify the sentences that include sequencing language.
Q5.Which of these expanded noun phrases would best describe the wolf?
Q6.Which sentence uses 'and' to join two ideas correctly?
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