Starter quiz
- Which word is the adjective in this sentence: Jack lived with his lonely mother.
- Jack
- lived
- lonely ✓
- mother
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- Match the word to the word class from this sentence: Jack took the magical beans.
- magical⇔adjective ✓
- beans⇔noun ✓
- took⇔verb ✓
- Stories that are made up or imagined are ...
- poems
- fiction ✓
- non-fiction
- titles
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- Which word completes this sentence so that it is in the past tense? Jack __________ away from the giant.
- runs
- ran ✓
- is running
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- Complete this sentence: All stories include a beginning, middle and ...
- villain.
- end. ✓
- song.
- poem.
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- Which sentence is correctly written?
- he met a strange, old man.
- He met a strange, old man
- He met a strange, old man. ✓
- He met. a strange, old man.
- he met a Strange, Old man.
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Exit quiz
- What does 'sequencing' mean?
- a type of book
- putting things in order ✓
- talking about features of a book
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- Which of these events happens at the beginning of the story?
- Jack chopped down the beanstalk with an axe.
- The angry giant chased after Jack.
- Jack sold the cow for some magical beans. ✓
- Jack and his mother lived happily every after.
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- Which of these are sequencing words?
- One day, ✓
- After that, ✓
- Who,
- Finally, ✓
- How
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- Which of these are adverbs?
- climbed
- walked
- quickly ✓
- noisily ✓
- then
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- Choose the expanded noun phrase that best describes the giant.
- smelly giant
- enormous giant
- small, young giant
- sleepy, smelly giant ✓
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- Match the word to the word class.
- gigantic⇔adjective ✓
- clambered⇔verb ✓
- beanstalk⇔noun ✓
- quickly⇔adverb ✓
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Lesson Details
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
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.
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
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