I hope you all had a lovely, relaxing half term, and have returned to learning full of energy! Have you

got your writing hands ready and your creative hats on?!

Today, Thursday and Friday, we are going to be writing an imaginative story, but I am going to be

asking you to follow a story map which will determine your adventure. Along the way, I will remind you

to use certain techniques that you have learnt, to make your writing really interesting.

The following pictures are all from a wonderful book that I have called ‘Story Path’ by Madalena

Matoso. The Story Path will take you on your own adventure – you will follow the path you want to

take and write about what you come across.

Do you want to ride an elephant through an enchanted forest, battle a troll or dress up like a

princess? Fancy meeting a spooky cat, or turning a hairy monster into a teapot? Anything is possible!

In fact, the author says that there are over 3 billion story combinations from all the pictures in this

book!

I am not going to ask you to write a particular amount each day – some days you might feel super-

inspired; on another day, you might do more thinking than writing, but by the end of your English time

on Friday, you should have written a fabulous story. You could even illustrate it, if you have time.

When its complete, you’ve read it through carefully to check it makes sense, please email it to me!

I will explain how this works before you get going. You don’t need to print off all the following colour

pages because you can look at the story map pages directly on the computer and then write your

story in your Home Learning book, if that’s easier.

1. Put today’s date and the LO: Story Path adventure.

2. Look at the story path pictures on the following pages – can you see how it will work? You will

simply choose a path and write about one of the pictures on each page. On each page you will

find a little snail that will give you tips to think about as you write your story (I will also give

you additional tips along the way too).

3. Each page will be a new paragraph in your writing. You will see some writing in a box or bubble

at the start of each page. Copy these words carefully as they should be the start of your next

paragraph of writing. On some pages, there are also some words at the end. You should use

these words to complete that paragraph of writing, before you turn the page to continue your

adventure.

4. Before you get started you might want to read the story that a child from a different school

wrote, following the Story Path. Can you work out what route they took through the book? Can

you see how they used the wording at the start of each page to start their paragraphs?

5. When you are happy with how it works, get going and have fun! Remember to make sure you

check that your writing makes sense!

Herons Home Learning – English

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY

w/c 1st June

Paragraph 1 Mrs P tip: remember expanded noun phrases to add to your descriptions.

Paragraph 2 – Mrs P tip: add a simile to describe the movement (eg as fast as lightening; or like a….)

Paragraph 3 – Mrs P tip: use the 5-finger rule for speech (“ capital letter, speech, punctuation “)

Paragraph 4 – Mrs P tip: use your senses (what can you smell, see, touch, hear in your new place?)

Paragraph 5 – Mrs P tip: can you use power of 3? Eg the tower was tall, thin and crumbling.

Paragraph 6 – Mrs P tip: remember 5-finger rule for speech and each time a different speaker talks,

start writing on a new line.

Paragrpah 7 – Mrs P tip: remember that this character is scary – make sure that comes across in your

description. How are they scary? It might be what they look like, how they act, what they sound like.

Paragraph 8 – Mrs P tip: have fun with your descriptions of the enchanted item and the crazy

character they were turned into! Remember techniques like expanded nouns, similes, alliteration etc

Paragraph 9 – Mrs P tip: this reminds me of the Mr Benn story! Describe the outfit carefully!

Paragraph 10 – Mrs P tip: look carefully at what’s in the box. Remember to describe the best item!

Paragraph 11 – Mrs P tip: time for another simile to describe how it moved or what it sounded like.

Paragraph 12 – Mrs P tip: can you remember about fronted adverbials? Use an adverb at the start of

a sentence, followed by a comma, then continue your sentence eg Fiercly, the snakes twisted…

Paragraph 13 – Mrs P tip: describe what they did first by chosing a picture from the red box, then

tell me where they fell asleep and what they dreamed about.

Paragraph 14 – Mrs P tip: Nothing to write, simply: and they lived happily ever after. The End.

As an example, here is a story following the Story Path that a child from a different school wrote.

Can you see how the writer has started a new paragraph each time they have come across a new

picture? As you read this story, you might want to trace the route that they took through the story

path – have they described everything well enough for you to work out which path they took?

Steve

Once upon a time there lived a spooky cat called Steve. Steve had big whiskers, razor sharp teeth and deep,

dark eyes. He lived in the spookiest house that was haunted by big bats, scary spiders and raucous rats.

One day they were riding along on their two-headed, flying dinosaur. The dinosaur screeched a dreadful noise

as they slowly made their way along their journey.

As they turned the corner they were stopped by a mysterious fish. The fish had a brightly coloured yellow

jacket on and a woolly, red hat. The fish was holding a wooden fishing rod that had a sharp hook attached to

the end of the string.

‘Hey Steve!’ said the mysterious fish, ‘Where are you going?’ he asked quietly.

‘I’m off on a journey,’ Steve replied. ‘Would you like to come with me?’ he queried. The friendly fish looked

surprised when Steve asked him this.

‘I would love to join you on your mysterious adventure!’

In a puff of smoke, they were taken to a strange new place. It was a magical space theme park and it had lots

of red-eyed aliens who were going crazy. There was a smell of BBQ coming from the helta skelta and the noisy

wolf cried a loud roar!

They followed the path this way and that until they came across an alien’s house. Steve went in, he felt very

curious. It was medium in size but it felt bigger on the inside. It was extremely cosy even though it was made

out of cling film. Steve thought that an alien and a hippo dog might live there. The alien was very kind and waved

at Steve from the window.

They knocked on the door and it was opened by a family of friendly monkeys. They were blue and quite silly and

their house was very warm and cosy. They sat at the kitchen table talking about bananas because they didn’t

have any. Steve gave them some bananas because he had bought some from the shop earlier.

Suddenly, there was a crash of thunder! Standing in the doorway was a mean and scary blue monster. There was

a funny smell coming from his lunchbox. He saw a grey rat poking his head out of the box. When the monster

saw the rat, he growled horrendously and took Steve and the mysterious fish to the spooky forest.

They were trapped! But then they spied an enchanted pink wand which turned the monster into a rainbow

umbrella. The monster apologised to Steve and the mysterious fish for trapping them and he eventually set

them free. Luckily, the enchanted wand’s magic would only last for ten minutes before he would turn back into a

mean and scary monster again.

As they made their escape, they discovered a room full of clothes. They quickly disguised themselves as

cowboys. Their clothes were now red, yellow and brown but they fitted perfectly. Thankfully, nobody noticed

them in their new cowboy outfits. Then they put on a shiny, gold crown to complete their new look.

They crept into the next room where they stumbled upon a box full of cupcakes and candy. It was lighter than

it looked and inside the cupcakes were strawberry and blueberry flavoured. There were chocolates with

sprinkles and caramel which was Steve and the fish’s favourite!

With their pockets full of treasure, they ran outside, where they found a gigantic, wooden boat. As they sailed

across the ocean, the boat made a squeaking noise and they got very wet. Steve was soaked through so he went

to get a towel.

They sped off as fast as lightning. Along the way they saw a vicious volcano, a slimy snake and an imaginary

aeroplane. They also saw some beautiful butterflies and a mesmerising moon that shone brightly across space.

Finally, they made it home. They told their friends all about their adventure and then they had a party with

them before falling asleep in their coffin-shaped bed. As they lay in their soft, warm bed, Steve and the

mysterious fish slept for eighteen hours dreaming about going on more adventures.

The End.