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Week Beginning Monday 7th October 2024

 

We are currently reading cumulative stories in Jay class. Sometimes called 'chain stories', action or dialogue repeats and builds up in some way as the tale progresses. 

Our model text this first half of Autumn term is The Enormous Turnip. We will be learning to retell the story and then to innovate by substituting the characters. At the end of this half-term we will be inventing our own cumulative story. Year 1 children will learn to write a cumulative story of their own, and reception children be able to vocalise ideas for a cumulative story as well as retelling our own class version. 

The Enormous Turnip.

Once upon a time, there was a little old man who grew an enormous turnip.

Early one morning, he decided to pull up the turnip to make turnip soup.

So, he pulled and he pulled and he pulled. But the turnip would not budge. Next, he asked his wife to help.

So, the woman pulled the man and the man pulled the turnip. But still the turnip would not budge. Next, he asked his son to help.

So, the son pulled the woman and the woman pulled the man and the man pulled the turnip. But still the turnip would not budge. Next, he asked his daughter to help.

So, the daughter pulled the son and the son pulled the woman and the woman pulled the man and the little old man pulled the turnip. But still the turnip would not budge. Next, he asked the dog to help.

So, the dog pulled the daughter and the daughter pulled the son and the son pulled the woman and the woman pulled the man and the little old man pulled the turnip. But still the turnip would not budge. Next, he asked the mouse to help.

So, the mouse pulled the dog and the dog pulled the daughter, the daughter pulled the son, and the son pulled the woman and the woman pulled the man and the little old man pulled the turnip. But still the turnip would not budge!

They pulled and they pulled and they pulled.

Finally, the turnip came flying out of the ground and they all fell down with a BANG!

After that, they had turnip soup for tea and lived happily ever after.