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Writing to introduce the characters and settings in the story 'Wild'
You can write the beginning of a story from the girl's perspective.
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Year 1
Writing to introduce the characters and settings in the story 'Wild'
You can write the beginning of a story from the girl's perspective.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- This narrative is told in the past tense.
- This narrative is written from the girl's perspective, using "I", "me" and "my".
- The beginning of a story introduces the main characters, setting and plot.
- Two ideas can be joined using a joining word "and".
- Two adjective sentences describing characters and settings need a comma in between, such as "magical, dark forest".
Keywords
Beginning - the first part of a story, typically introducing main characters, setting and the plot
Character - a person or animal in the story
Setting - where the story takes place
Plot - what happens in the story
Perspective - one particular view of something
Common misconception
Pupils may tick their success criteria without checking and correcting.
Emphasise correcting mistakes to develop a growth mindset and model how you would like them to correct in terms of presentation.
When writing, make use of your school's SSP to spell and form letters (e.g. rhymes for digraphs or mnemonics for letter formation).
Teacher tip
Licence
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
We are freezing
we are freezing
We Are Freezing.
Q2.
Which of these adjectives means the same as calm?
angry
happy
excited
Q3.
Which two events happen in the beginning of the story, Wild?
The girl is taken away from the forest.
The girl feels lonely under the bed.
Q4.
Which word is spelt correctly to complete this sentence: I drank some __________?
worter
watur
wawter
Q5.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
The, quick brown dog raced through the park.
The quick brown dog raced through the park.
The quick, brown, dog raced through the park.
Q6.
Match the present tense verb to the past tense verb.
showed
bought
tried
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
first, I lived in a forest.
First, I lived in a forest
Q2.
Which expanded noun phrase could you use to describe the foxes in this picture?
strange, different foxes
colourful, vibrant foxes
chirping, noisy foxes
Q3.
Match the adjectives to the animal from the story.
bears
birds
foxes
Q4.
Which word is spelt correctly to complete this sentence: The bear taught __________ how to eat?
mee
mea
mi
Q5.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
I lived in a magical enchanted forest.
I lived in a magical, enchanted, forest.
I lived in a, magical, enchanted forest.
Q6.
Match the present tense verb to the past tense verb.
lived
taught
ate
Q2 Wild by Emily Hughes © Flying Eye Books. London 2013