Starter quiz
- Which word is the adjective in this sentence: The goats lived in a dry meadow.
- goats
- lived
- dry ✓
- meadow
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- Match the word to the word class from this sentence: The troll fell into the cold river.
- cold⇔adjective ✓
- river⇔common noun ✓
- fell⇔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? The troll __________ at the little goat.
- shouts
- shouting
- shouted ✓
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- Complete this sentence: All stories include a beginning, middle and ...
- troll
- end ✓
- song
- poem
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- Which sentence is correctly written?
- it was old and rickety.
- It was old and rickety
- It was old and rickety. ✓
- It was old. and rickety
- it was Old and Rickety.
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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 settings is at the beginning of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?
- bridge
- river
- green meadow
- brown meadow ✓
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- Which of these are sequencing words?
- First, ✓
- After that, ✓
- Who
- Finally, ✓
- How
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- Which part of the story is often where the characters face a big challenge or problem?
- beginning
- middle ✓
- end
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- Choose the best sequencing word to use at the end of the story. __________, the goats grazed happily on the sweet, green grass.
- First,
- Suddenly,
- Then,
- Finally, ✓
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- Order these events that take place in the story 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'.
- 1⇔The smallest billy goat approaches the bridge.
- 2⇔The middle billy goat approaches the bridge.
- 3⇔The largest billy goat approaches the bridge.
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Key learning points
- Retelling a story helps us to remember main events in a story and use storytelling language, such as 'Once upon a time'.
- Story mountains sequence the beginning, middle and end of a story.
- Only the most important events in the story need to be on a story mountain.
- Using words such as 'First,' and 'The next day,' at the start of the sentence helps the reader follow the story.
- Story mountains can be used to retell the story aloud.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it difficult to identify the main events in a story and they may try and include too much on their story mountain.
Explain that the main events are the most important moments in the story. Without these moments, the story would not flow. Pick out some elements of the text that are minor moments and share these as non-examples.
Keywords
Story mountain - a way to sequence and order key events of a story to retell
Sequence - following the order in which a series of events happened
Main events - main parts of a story
Summary - an overview of a text’s main points and ideas; it tells readers the most important parts.
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