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Jack and the Beanstalk

Use these prompts to tell the children the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Remember:

· Use different voices for different characters;

· Use your hands expressively to maintain the attention of the children, e.g. when you talk about Jack cutting the beanstalk with an axe, pretend to be holding an axe and cutting the beanstalk;

· Change the tone of your voice (get louder and quieter) and the speed of your voice (say some things fast and some things slow) to keep the attention of the children.

1. Jack and his mother live together, and they are very poor.

2. They decide to sell their only possession – a cow.

3. Jack goes to market to sell the cow, but on his way meets a man prepared to buy the cow, in exchange for magic beans.

4. Jack agrees and goes home to his mother.

5. Jack’s mother is very unhappy with Jack; she takes the beans and throws them out of the window. They both go to bed.

6. In the morning they wake up and find a huge beanstalk has grown; it reaches so high into the sky they can’t see the top of it.

7. Jack decides to climb the beanstalk to see what’s at the top.

8. When he’s at the top he sees a huge castle, and decides it must belong to a giant.

9. He sneaks inside.

10. The giant sniffs the air and shouts: Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman! Be he alive or be he dead! I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.

11. The Giant sit down and eats his dinner at the table. When he is finished his wife brings him a magic harp that plays all by itself. It plays him a tune.

12. Then his wife brings him a hen. It lays him an egg made of gold.

13. The Giant falls asleep.

14. Jack creeps out and steals the harp and the hen and escapes from the castle.

15. The giant wakes up and shouts: Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman! Be he alive or be he dead! I’ll grind his bones to make my bread! He chases Jack.

16. Jack climbs down the beanstalk. The giant chases him.

17. Jack reaches the bottom first and grabs an axe. He chops down the beanstalk.

18. The beanstalk and the giant fall the ground.

19. The giant is dead.

20. Jack and his mum live happily ever after.

Week 1 Monday Spoken language 1

Jack and the Beanstalk Story Pegs

Week 1 Monday Spoken language 1

The Same and Different

Compare and Contrast three different versions of Jack and the Beanstalk.

What is the same and what is different about them?

Oral retelling / Video Clip / Song
Same
Different

Week 1 Tuesday Spoken language 2

Character Profile – from Jack and the Beanstalk

Name of character
What do I look like? / Picture
Things I don’t like / Things I like doing best

Week 1 Wednesday Spoken language 3/ Comprehension 1

Character Word Bank

1. Cut out the words that best describe your character.

2. Stick them on your character profile.

happy / grumpy / old / young / mean / angry
big / small / fat / thin / feathered / shiny
clever / strong / brave / fierce / huge / tall
small / magical / beautiful / ugly / bossy / helpful
protective / exciting / gigantic / mysterious / intelligent / elegant
drab / handsome / sparkling / clumsy / lazy / nervous
repulsive / narrow / gentle / delightful / tiny / scrawny

Week 1 Wednesday Spoken language 3/Comprehension 1

Jack and the Beanstalk

How well do you know the story of Jack and the Beanstalk?

Let’s answer these questions and display it on our Working Wall!

1. Who lives with Jack?

2. What does Jack sell?

3. Why does Jack sell it?

4. Who buys the cow?

5. What does he give Jack, in payment for the cow?

6. Is Jack’s mother happy with Jack?

7. How do you know?

8. What happens to the beans overnight?

9. What does Jack do when he sees the beanstalk?

10. What is at the top of the beanstalk?

10. Who is inside the castle?

11. What does Jack think when he sees the harp and the hen?

12. What does he do when the Giant is asleep?

13. What does the Giant shout when he sees Jack?

14. Where does Jack go when the Giant is chasing him?

15. Who gets to the bottom of the beanstalk first?

16. What does Jack do when he reaches the bottom of the beanstalk?

Week 1 Thursday Transcription 1

The Giant’s Threat!

Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum!

I smell the blood of an Englishman!

Be he alive or be he dead!

I’ll grind his bones to make my bread!

Week 1 Thursday Transcription 1

Week 1 Friday Composition 1

Performing to an Audience

Remember you are the Giant!

When you speak in front of an audience you must:

· Use a presentation voice, which is a bit louder than your talking voice, so they can hear you.

· Change the tone of your voice, make it loud and cross – to show there is an exclamation mark.

· Speak clearly, so what you say doesn’t confuse them.

· Look at their faces and into their eyes, so they will be interested in you and scared of you!

Week 1 Friday Composition 1

Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum!

1. Read the Giant’s threat.

2. Talk to your friends about how to alter it.

3. Check that your writing rhymes.

Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum!

I smell the blood of an Englishman!

Be he alive or be he dead!

I’ll ______!

Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum!

I smell the blood of an Englishman!

Be he alive or be he dead!

I’ll ______!

Week 1 Friday Composition 1

Little Red Riding Hood

Use these prompts to tell the children the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

Remember:

· Use different voices for different characters,

· Use your hands expressively to maintain the attention of the children e.g. when Little Red say “What big ears you have!” pretend to stroke your long wolf ears.

· Change the tone of your voice (get louder and quieter) and the speed of your voice (say some things fast and some things slow).

1. A little girl called Red Riding Hood, lived with her mother.

2. She visits her Grandma, who lives in the forest.

3. Her mother gives her a basket of food to take to her Grandma.

4. Little Red Riding Hood wanders off the path, going through the forest.

5. She meets a wolf, who asks her where she is going. She explains she is going to her Grandma’s house to give her the basket of food.

6. The wolf rushes to Grandma’s cottage, and when she opens the door the wolf rushes inside and locks her in the cupboard.

7. The wolf quickly puts on her clothes and waits for Little Red Riding Hood.

8. When Little Red Riding Hood arrives the wolf is laying in Grandma’s bed.

9. Little Red walks over and says: What big eyes you have Grandma! The wolf replies: All the better to see you with! Little Red Riding Hood says: What big ears you have Grandma! The wolf replies: All the better to hear you with! Little Red Riding Hood says: What big teeth you have Grandma! The wolf replies: All the better to eat you with!

10. The wolf jumps out of the bed and chases Little Red Riding Hood.

11. A woodcutter hears Little Red Riding Hood scream and goes to the cottage. He sees the wolf and chops off his head. The wolf is dead.

12. Grandma comes out of the wardrobe and gives Little Red Riding Hood a cuddle.

Week 2 Monday Comprehension 2/ Word reading 2

Comparing versions of Little Red Riding Hood

Think about the different versions of Little Red Riding Hood that you have read.

What is the same in all of them?
What is different about some of them?

Week 2 Monday Comprehension 2/ Word reading 2

Decoding Strategies

When you come across a word you don’t know, use these strategies to help you read it!

Use the pictures / Look for smaller words within words
c-at
Break words into syllables
e.g. cat-er-pillar / Sound out the word
Skip the word and read the rest of the sentence to try and work out what it says / Did the sentence you read make sense?

Week 2 Monday Word reading 2

because

big elephants can always understand small elephants

Week 2 Tuesday Grammar 1

The Wolf!

1. Think about the character of the wolf.

2. Imagine what they look like and behave like.

3. Draw the wolf.

4. Write a sentence to describe him.

Week 2 Tuesday Grammar 1

What’s different about Little Red Riding Hood?

In the story of Little Red Riding Hood you could:

· Change Little Red Riding Hood from a girl to a boy.

· Change the character Little Red Riding Hood meets, e.g. the wolf is replaced by another fierce creature such as a bear.

· Change what Little Red Riding Hood takes to her Grandma. Instead of a basket of food she takes, e.g. newspaper, flowers, box of chocolates.

· Change the name from Little Red Riding Hood, e.g. Big Blue Riding Hood.

· Change the setting of story from the woods to somewhere else, e.g. the city, space, lake, desert.

· Change the person Little Red Riding Hood is going to visit, e.g. Grandpa/Uncle/friend instead of Grandma.

· Change the red cloak worn by Little Red Riding Hood so that when she wears it she becomes invisible.

Week 2 Wednesday Spoken language 5

Story Map for Little Red

Week 2 Thursday Comprehension 3/ Spoken language 6

Retelling the story of Little Red Riding Hood

Remember to tell the story!

When you speak in front of an audience you must:

· Use a presentation voice, which is a bit louder than your talking voice, so they can hear you.

· Change the tone of your voice, make it loud and cross – to show there is an exclamation mark.

· Speak clearly, so what you say doesn’t confuse them.

· Look at their faces and into their eyes, so they will be interested in you!

· Use your hands and face to add expression.

Week 2 Thursday Spoken language 6

Chicken Licken

1. Finish each sentence.

2. Draw a speech bubble around each sentence.

The sky is falling

Then I’ll come

Week 3 Monday Grammar 2

Question and Answer

1. Read each question and put a question mark in the right place.

2. Write a rhyming animal name in each answer.

Was it zookeeper

No it was ______.

Was it zookeeper

No it was ______.

Was it zookeeper

No it was ______.

Week 3 Tuesday Composition 2

Chicken Licken Planning Sheet

Work together in your team to plan a new version of Chicken Licken.

Our new setting will be:
What falls on Chicken Licken’s head?
Who will Chicken Licken tell that the sky is falling down?
The animals that Chicken Licken meets on his way:

Week 3 Wednesday Comprehension 2