Our Rapunzel Story Project
Over the last three weeks, we have been learning about the traditional tale Rapunzel and a modern version of the story. We compared the two stories and talked about what was the same and what was different.
We then planned our own stories with a beginning, middle and end. We thought carefully about our main character and our villain. We planned how the character would be captured, how they would escape, and how they would later go on to capture villains themselves.
Our audience and purpose were to write an entertaining story for the Nursery children. Writing for an authentic audience is at the heart of our English curriculum as it really inspires the children to write and feel like a writer. On Monday, we excitedly visited Nursery and read our stories to them. They absolutely loved listening and were a fantastic audience!
While writing, we learned how to use:
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Expanded noun phrases (e.g. the tall, golden tower)
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Commas in a list
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Subordinating conjunctions (e.g. because, when, if)
We are very proud of our hard work and our storytelling skills!
Three things to do at home
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Read a traditional tale and talk about the characters and villains.
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Write your own short story with a beginning, middle and end.
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Practice using expanded noun phrases to make your writing more exciting.