Sequencing and making a story mountain for 'Wild'

English

In 'Jack and the Beanstalk', children will build on their descriptive narrative writing by including more powerful verbs as well as generating a list of nouns using commas. 

In 'Paddington', the children developed their descriptive writing by joining two simple ideas to form a compound sentence. In this unit, pupils will build on this by including compound sentences in a full narrative.

'Wild': reading and writing

**Order** the sequencing words to show the order that you would use to write them. 

I lived in a magical, enchanted forest with my friends.

**Match** the event in the story to the sequencing word that could be used.

Which **two** adjectives describe the forest from the perspective of the girl?

Which **two** adjectives describe the bear?

Suddenly, two strange, different animals appeared! 

**Which* of these sentences uses an exclamation mark correctly to show excitement?

**Which tense** is the story *Wild* told in?

**Which** are the two settings in the story?

**Which** sequencing word would you use at the beginning of a story? 

**Which** sequencing word could you use to show something surprising or unexpected has happened in a story?

**Which** sequencing word would you use at the very end of a story?

**Which** word would you **not** use when retelling a story from your own perspective talking about yourself? 

Starter Quiz