Enormous Pancake

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate how to write a story illustrating conflict and resolution about making an enormous pancake based on the structure and content of a traditional story. The class can write lists using commas and select exciting vocabulary to use in their story writing.

Investigate and record how to write a story illustrating conflict and resolution about making an enormous pancake based on the structure and content of a traditional story

Lesson One : Enormous Turnip

Identify and record the sequence of events and characters in a traditional story as preparation for writing a similar story using conflict and resolution

Pancake Toppings

Select and combine powerful adjectives into descriptive noun phrases to use in sentences describing a range of different pancakes toppings and fillings

Lesson Three : Story Lists

Practise using commas to compile lists of characters, settings and objects to match the content and structure of a narrative story

Lesson Four : Pancake Events

Select and record a sequence of story events to illustrate conflict and resolution that could happen in a narrative story about making an enormous pancake

Lesson Five : Pancake Story

Compose and edit a narrative story with a familiar setting based on the structure and sequence of the traditional story. of the Enormous Turnip to show how characters can work to make a pancake

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