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Retell: Jack and the Beanstalk
WALT: retell the story Jack and the Beanstalk, using descriptive language and adding detail.

Planning:
Characters – who are the characters?
Jack, Giant, Jack’s Mum
Setting – where is the story set?
Jack go to the market
Beginning – how does it start?
Jack finding some money
Middle – what is happening?
Jack is in the giant castle
End – how does it end?
Jack Cuts the Beanstalk

Make sure you use descriptive language to make the story more interesting. Pull the readers in to read YOUR writing, make it fun! You are going to need as much detail as you can as you will be creating a storyboard later on in the week.

Start your writing here:

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→ Once upon a time there was a young boy named Jack. He and his mother were sadly poor and had nothing to eat because they had no money. One day Jack’s mum told him to go and sell their cow for some money.

As Jack walked there was an old man he said if you give me your cow I will trade you some magic beans. Jack gave him the cow and got the beans. As he got home Jack’s mother was crossed because he did not listen to her. She threw the beans outside and sent Jack to his room.

In the morning Jack woke up as he went outside he saw a big beanstalk. Jack climbed the beanstalk. Jack got to the top and saw a giant castle before him. When Jack got inside he saw a giant he was snoring like thunder and he woke up Jack saw his golden goose he dashed to the goose and picked it up he ran as fast as Flash. The giant was behind him he and Jack were climbing down the beanstalk then as soon as Jack got down he cut off the beanstalk and the giant was never seen again.