Year 1 - English
Reading and responding to 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'
'The Three Billy Goats Gruff': reading and writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils explore traditional tales, sharing their preferences and focusing on 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. They orally retell a story using sequencing language. They also compose sentences including adjectives to describe the characters in the story. Finally, pupils write the story.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to listen to and discuss a traditional tale.
Key Notes
- Predictions can be made based on illustrations, what has already been read and the front cover
- One person's prediction may be different to another person's
- Traditional tales often start by introducing the characters, such as the three goats and setting the scene
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff teaches the reader to be kind to others
- Traditional tales mostly end happily, such as being able to cross the bridge
Vocabulary To Learn
- character: a person or an animal in a story
- setting: where the story takes place
- plot: what happens in the story
- prediction: making a guess using what we already know
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may already know the story, so therefore will be unable to make a prediction.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Predictions can be made based on illustrations, what has already been read and the front cover. One person's prediction may be different to another person's.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'character'
a person or an animal in a story.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may already know the story, so therefore will be unable to make a prediction. Correction: Celebrate if children have heard a version before. Play a game to imagine that memory has gone from their heads and just get them to use the front cover as clues imagining they are detectives.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Describing the goats in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' Study Guide
- Describing the troll in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' Study Guide
- Imagining you are the characters: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' Study Guide
- Introduction to traditional tales Study Guide
- Sequencing and making a story mountain: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' Study Guide
- Writing about characters, setting and plot: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' Study Guide
- Writing the end of the story: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' Study Guide
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