Traditional Tales WALT Write a traditional tale 1

Traditional Tales

WALT Write a traditional tale 1 st February 2021

What is a traditional tale? Traditional tales are stories that have been told for many years. They often begin with ‘once upon a time’ They often end with ‘and they all lived happily ever after’ They often include a ‘make believe’ character.

What are your favourite traditional tales?

Today is the first lesson in our new topic – Traditional Tales • Remember in Year 2 when we begin a new topic in English, I always ask you to have a go at writing in this style by yourself. • We don’t give you any help with spellings or ideas because we need to see what you can do. • Then I look carefully at your writing and this helps me to see what we need to work on.

So before you begin your task today …. Let’s think about the features you might see in a story. . beginning middle – the exciting part ending characters descriptions setting

Today you’ll write your own version of ‘The Gingerbread Man’ If you’re not familiar with the story, watch the short video clip of the story… The Gingerbread Man - Animated Fairy Tales for Children - You. Tube

Before you begin to write your own version of ‘The Gingerbread Man’ Think about …. What could you change? - The Gingerbread Rabbit - The shortbread Man

Be creative …. . and have fun!