the first part of a story, typically introducing main characters, setting and the plot

Writing to introduce the characters and settings in the story '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

**Which** sentence is punctuated correctly?

**Which** expanded noun phrase could you use to describe the foxes in this picture?

**Match** the adjectives to the animal from the story.

**Which** word is spelt correctly to complete this sentence: *The bear taught __________ how to eat*?

**Which** sentence uses commas correctly? 

**Match** the present tense verb to the past tense verb. 

**Which of these adjectives means the same as **calm**?

The girl is taught to eat, speak and play by the animals. 

**Which two ** events happen in the beginning of the story, Wild?

**Which** word is spelt correctly to complete this sentence: *I drank some __________*?

The quick, brown dog raced through the park. 

The, quick brown dog raced through the park. 

The quick brown dog raced through the park.

The quick, brown, dog raced through the park.

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Writing to introduce the characters and settings in the story 'Wild'

Lesson outcome