Unit C – Hansel and Gretel

This literacy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate some of the different characters, settings and plot events used to tell a traditional story and identify letters that match initial sounds of words. The class can sequence and complete sentences to show the narrative events in the story.

Investigate some of the different characters, settings and plot events used to tell a traditional story and identify letters that match initial sounds of words

Lesson One : Story People

Select and use a range of special descriptive vocabulary words to describe a range of different characters in the traditional story of Hansel and Gretel

Lesson Two : Story Events

Identify and suggest predictions about different ways that some of the characters might have acted in the traditional story of Hansel and Gretel

Lesson Three : Story Changes

Identify and role-play a range of narrative predictions to illustrate the sequence of events that happen in the traditional story of Hansel and Gretel

Lesson Four : Story Sentences

Select and record different vocabulary words that can be used when compiling sentences to describe what happened in the traditional story of Hansel and Gretel

Lesson Five : Story Scenes

Use drama and role-play to illustrate and record each of the main story events and dialogue that feature in the traditional story of Hansel and Gretel

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    Identify and record the sequence of the seven days of the week using the correct vocabulary words to describe units of time on a calendar

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    Investigate and practise some of the different artwork techniques that can be used when composing and painting a portrait of a classmate