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Writing the end of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
I can write the end of the story.
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Year 1
Writing the end of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
I can write the end of the story.
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Key learning points
- The last sequencing word used should show the story is coming to a close, such as 'Last,' or 'Finally,'
- The ending of a story usually solves the problem and ends happily.
- Rehearsing a sentence out loud before writing it helps us to remember it
- Reading a sentence back after writing helps to check it makes sense
- Every sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop (or other closing punctuation)
Keywords
Ending - the final part of something, such as a story
Solution - when a problem is solved
Adjective - describes a noun
Verb - a doing or being word
Exclamation mark - a punctuation mark used to express strong emotion
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse when to use an adjective or verb.
Scaffold this for pupils using sentence stems throughout the lesson. Support pupils' grammar knowledge by referring to Lessons 3 and 6 in the 'Word class' unit.
Allow time for the children to read aloud their story from the beginning to the end to show purpose for writing. If time, they could read them to small groups within the class or you could publish the children's writing by making their own books or typing it out.
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which of these words are adjectives?
trees
forest
woman
Q2.
Which adjectives would you choose to best describe the pot the old woman gives Jin in the story?
dirty
busy
long
Q3.
Match the word to the correct word class.
verb
adjective
noun
Q4.
Which verb best fills the gap in this sentence: The porridge __________ the streets.
emptied
ate
hopped
Q5.
Finish this sentence: The porridge pot overflowed because...
Jin was unkind to people.
Jin left the oven on whilst it was cooking.
a gust of wind came into the room and stirred up a storm in the kitchen.
Q6.
Which is the only sentence that is correct as it makes sense?
Said Jin the magic words twice.
Jin the magic words twice.
Jin said magic twice.
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Identify the verbs.
villager
content
Q2.
Which adjective best describes the villagers at the end of the story?
cleaned
sad
brave
Q3.
What was the solution to the problem?
They all made a river of porridge running through the village.
Jin danced a little jig.
The old woman came and took the pot away.
Q4.
Which sequencing word is often used at the end of a story?
One day,
First,
Next,
Q5.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
everyone felt overjoyed.
everyone felt overjoyed
Everyone felt overjoyed
Q6.
Identify the sentence that makes complete sense.
Finally, they the streets and lived happily ever after.
Finally, they scrubbed the streets and happily ever after.
Finally, scrubbed the streets and lived happily ever after.
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