Writing Term 3

NARRATIVES

Traditional and Fractured

Fairy Tales

WEEKS 2-6

Outcomes:
EN1-1A communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in
different situations

EN1-2A plans, composes and reviews a small range of simple texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers and viewers

EN1-7B identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
EN1-9B uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
EN1-10C thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts

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 Week Read to Books Lesson sequence REG

2
The Three Little Pigs Lesson 1
What are fairy tales? Discuss known fairy tales with students
Discuss what makes a good story
Read the three little pigs
Focus on the characters in the book
GUIDED WRITING
Students create their own character to replace the pigs and write a
description about their character

FOCUS Big Bad Wolf is Good Lesson 2

Characters Discuss the language the author used in the three little pigs to make the
big bad wolf bad
and
Brainstorm language that could be used to make the wolf good
Settings
Read Big Bad Wolf is good
GUIDED WRITING
GRAMMAR Students flip the characteristics of the characters they created in the
Adjectives previous lesson and write a new description

Little Red Riding Hood Lesson 3

GUIDED WRITING
Honestly Little Red
Riding hood was Rotten
Read Little Red Riding Hood
Focus on the setting
How the author introduces it
What language is used to help you visualise where the story takes
place etc
Students create a new setting that can be used in a modern Little Red
Riding Hood
Write a detailed description and draw an illustration

Lesson 4
Read Honestly Little Red Riding Hood was Rotten
Compare the story/setting/ characters to the original Little Red Riding
Hood
GUIDED WRITING
Students write a literary recount about their favourite version of Little Red
Riding Hood

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3
Into The Forest Lesson 5
Read Into the Forest
Discuss characters/setting/complication
Write the orientation on the board and have students brain storm how they
could change it to a sizzling start
GUIDED WRITING
Students write a sizzling start for Into the Forest

FOCUS Cinderella Lesson 6

Orientation Read Cinderella
Sizzling Starts Have students sort the story into orientation, body and conclusion
Brainstorm how Cinderella could have a sizzling start
GUIDED WRITING
Grammar
Students write a sizzling start for Cinderella
Onomatopoeia
Lesson 7
Read Seriously Cinderella is So annoying
Compare the two stories
Seriously Cinderella is Was one orientation better than the other? Why?
so Annoying GUIDED WRITING
Students write their own sizzling start for a fairy tale using themselves as
the main character

Lesson 8
Read Previously
Discuss how that story relates to traditional fairy tales the students already
know
Does it change the way they feel about them?
Previously GUIDED WRITING
Students choose their favourite fairy tale and write a previously story

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Pinocchio LESSON 9
Read Pinocchio
Discuss the complication and the events leading up to the complication
Create a chart of all the events that occurred and underline words that the
author used to link the events together
GUIDED WRITING
Students write a sizzling start for Pinocchio and then write the body using
the same series of events
FOCUS Students focus on correctly using paragraphs
Body and Just You Wait!
complication Lesson 10
Read Just You Wait!
Discuss the complication and the events leading up to the complication
Grammar
Discuss alternative complications
Paragraphs GUIDED WRITING
Students write an alternative complication for Just You Wait

Lesson 11
Read Jack and The Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk Discuss the complication and the events leading up to the complication
GUIDED WRITING
Students write a letter to the Giant from Jack explaining how he ended up
there (get students thinking about the series of events)

Lesson 12
Discuss what students have noticed about fairy tales
Read Sleeping Beauty
Point out any of the ideas students previously discussed
Sleeping Beauty Discuss the complication and series of events
GUIDED WRITING
Students re construct a story map of Sleeping Beauty (using images and
writing)
Students Identify where they would need to use paragraphs
Discuss how the story would change if you missed one of the events

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Hansel and Gretel Lesson 13
Read Hansel and Gretel
Discuss the complication and how it was resolved
Discuss how you could change the conclusion
GUIDED WRITING
Students write an alternative ending

Lesson 14
FOCUS Read The Paper Bag Princess
Conclusions Discuss the complication and how it was resolved
Discuss how you could change the conclusion
The Paper Bag Princess GUIDED WRITING
Grammar
Students write an alternative ending
Compound
sentences
Lesson 15
Read The Gingerbread Man
Discuss the complication and how it was resolved
Discuss how you could change the conclusion
GUIDED WRITING
Students write an alternative ending

Lesson 16
The Gingerbread Man Discuss all the elements of a narrative
Reconstruct a fairy tale on the smartboard identifying each component of a
narrative
GUIDED WRITING
Students attempt to write their own or a known fairy tale using all the
elements of a narrative
Students must use a sizzling start, have a series of events including a
complication and have a resolution
Remind students to use paragraphs

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Fixed Fairy Tale v Inform students they are going to start planning their own fairy tale and
Little Red Riding Hood that you will watch/read fractured fairy tales all week to get ideas.

Lesson 16
Watch Fixed Fairy Tales Little Red Riding Hood
Discuss the similarities, differences, what students liked and didnt like
What type of characters will their story have
GUIDED WRITING
FOCUS Fixed Fairy Tale Students create character profiles for their story
Putting it all The Princess and the
together Pea Lesson 17
Watch Fixed Fairy Tales The Princess and the Pea
Discuss settings and brainstorm ideas for their own settings
Assessment
GUIDED WRITING
Students will write a description of their setting and draw an illustration

Lesson 18
Watch Fixed Fairy Tales Peter Piper
Fixed Fairy Tale
Discuss the complication and series of events
Peter Piper GUIDED WRITING
Students create a storyboard for their fairy tale

ASSESSMENT
Students write their own fairy tale using the plan they have previously
created

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