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