Identifying the Plot: Reading and Writing Worksheets and Templates, including Story Mountain Sheets

Develop understanding of the plot in stories that you are reading using the identifying the plot resources. Teachers can pick from the suggested questions to discuss events in the story, sequencing what happens and asking questions and answering about events.

Answering and asking questions is part of the programme of study for reading from Year 2. Exploring plots in the narrative texts that pupils read can support pupils to develop similar plots in their own stories.

What’s included in this whole-school writing resource pack?

• Identifying the plot – question cards
• Sequencing events worksheet
• Identifying the plot – story mountain worksheet (2 versions)
• Identifying the plot – planning sheet
• Teacher notes giving guidance on how the resource can be used

National Curriculum English programme of study links

Year 3 / 4 Writing

• Pupils should be taught to plan their writing by discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
• Pupils should be taught to draft and write by in narratives, creating ... and plot

This resource is part of the Essential Templates collection.
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• Identifying the plot – question cards
• Sequencing events worksheet
• Identifying the plot – story mountain worksheet (2 versions)
• Identifying the plot – planning sheet
• Teacher notes giving guidance on how the resource can be used