Unit Overview Title: Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
Lesson 1
To read and respond to a story.
Children read and discuss the story and then
respond to differentiated questions about the
events.
Lesson 3
To speak clearly to show understanding of a
story.
Children consider the different ways that they can
convey emotions. They then perform a retelling of
the story, in groups.
Lesson 5
To use inverted commas.
Children write a conversation between Jim and
the giant, using correct speech punctuation and
layout.
Lesson 7
To write the opener to a story.
Children write the opener to their story using a
given word bank and following their plan.
Lesson 9
To write the end of a story.
Using their plans and word banks, children finish
their stories.
Book: Jim and the Beanstalk
Author: Raymond Briggs
Edition and publisher: 1st Edition, Puffin Books
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Year 3
Lesson 2
To retell a story.
Children write a summary of the story in their
own words.
Lesson 4
To understand inverted commas.
Children add speech punctuation to given
sentences and consider the use of adverbs
and reporting clauses.
Lesson 6
To plan a story.
Children make some changes (characters,
settings, problems) to an outline of the
original story to produce a story plan of their
own.
Lesson 8
To write a story, correctly using inverted
commas to mark dialogue.
Children write the middle section of their
story which contains dialogue.
Lesson 10
To edit and improve a piece of story writing.
Children make additions and improvements
to their stories then select a short section to
write out for classroom display.
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