Unit 2
Writing 1 Work as a class.
Re-read ‘Sweet Potatoes’ on page 16. Make up the rest of the story. Ask and answer these questions to get ideas. 1 What do you think Mongoose did next? 2 Then what happened? 3 What happened in the end?
2 Make a a story plan.
Characters
Setting
Mongoose took a sweet potato from Old Tiger.
Beginning
Middle
End
• Demonstrate how to generate ideas by thinking aloud . As a class, brainstorm answers to the questions. Write them on the board. • Then draw the chart on the board. Discuss the ideas you have noted and write those preferred by the class. Write the story as a collaborative exercise. • Extension: encourage pupils to write for different purposes . For example: write a letter from Mongoose saying sorry to Tiger or make the sign which Tiger put up, telling other animals to keep off his crops or write a list of vegetables for Tiger to plant. 3 Work as a class to write the story. Answer these questions to get more ideas. • How did Tiger feel when Mongoose took the sweet potato? • Why did Mongoose take it? • What did Tiger say? • What did Mongoose say? • What happened? • How did Tiger and Mongoose feel at the end?
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