Composition Unit 1
Personal stories (1) From ‘Brown Bear and Wilbur Wolf’ by Sarah Parry and Judy Musselle Brown Bear was hungry. He had been asleep all winter. He came out of his den and stretched. The snow had melted and the grass was green. Brown Bear looked around him and sniffed the air, but he couldn't smell anything. He went into the forest to look for berries, but he couldn't smell anything. He went to the river to look for fish, but he couldn't smell anything. 'I've lost my smell,' he said sadly to himself. 'How will I find any food?' He lay down in a meadow by the river and tried to remember all his favourite smells – the smell of trees, the smell of new grass, the smell of apples and leaves, of berries, of rain and snow.
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Get started Draw pictures of the things that Brown Bear remembered and label them. 1. the trees and grass 2. the apples and leaves 3. the berries 4. the rain and snow
Try these Copy and complete the sentences using your own ideas. 1. Brown Bear felt … 2. The weather was … 3. Brown Bear went to … 4. The problem was …
Now try these 1. What is Brown Bear thinking about at the end of the story? Write a sentence. 2. Draw a picture of Brown Bear looking sad or worried. Add a caption. 3. What happens next? Write the next part of the story. 4. Plan a short story about a character looking for something they have lost.
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Composition Unit 2
Fairy tales From ‘Puss in Boots’ by Margaret Mayo Once upon a time, in a windmill on top of a hill, there lived an old man and his three sons. When the old man died, he left the windmill to the eldest son, a donkey to the second and a cat called Puss to the third. The youngest son was upset. He wanted to have the windmill or the donkey. 'I am fond of you, Puss,' he said, as he stroked the cat, 'but you're not very useful. Except for catching mice!'
Get started Copy the sentences and complete them using words from the fairy tale. 1. Once upon a time, there was a on top of a hill. 2. In the
there lived an and his
three sons. 3. The eldest son was given the
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4. The second son was given a
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5. The youngest son was given a
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Try these Write the next part of the fairy tale by copying and completing the sentences. 1. The youngest son went to live in … 2. He got a job as … 3. The cat stayed with him and they … 4. One day he was asked to give the cat to … 5. Then an amazing thing happened …
Now try these 1. Draw a picture of the third son looking disappointed about getting the cat. 2. Write a sentence to explain how the son felt about Puss. 3. What are the son and Puss saying in your picture? Add speech bubbles to your picture. 4. Plan your own story about Puss. Draw and label pictures or write a few sentences.
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