Comparing fairy tales

English

In 'Anna Hibiscus' Song', pupils will continue to build their descriptive vocabulary by describing characters, settings and their own family members as well as starting to write for a range of purposes. 

In 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff', children were introduced to the genres and features of fairytales and wrote sentences using an adjective. In this unit, pupils will compare fairytales and write a simplified version of the Magic Porridge Pot with a scaffolded introduction to sequencing and storytelling language. 

'The Magic Porridge Pot': reading and writing

Jin lives with her Grandmother in a village in the mountains.

Jin meets an old lady who gives her a magical porridge pot.

Jin uses the magic porridge pot to make porridge for all of the villagers.

Order the events that take place in the story ‘The Magic Porridge Pot'.

What is the same about the stories 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and 'The Magic Porridge Pot'?

Which of these is the main theme in 'The Magic Porridge Pot'?

What is the person who draws the pictures for a book called?

Which of these are characters from the story "The Magic Porridge Pot"?

Which of these is a setting in the story of "The Magic Porridge Pot"?

Match the main characters to the title of the well-known story.

Starter Quiz