reading and writing

The Modern Jack And The Beanstalk

Beginning

One day, a boy named Jack decide to sell his cow for some money. He went to the market and found an old man who wants to trade the cow with the magic giant beans. Jack was amazed by the magic bean that has been showed by the old man so he agrees. 

Middle

Jack went home with the beans. His mother was angry because he returned home without money. She took the beans and threw them out of the window.

Middle

   The next day. Jack was surprised to see a big beanstalk outside. So he climbed and he climbed till he reached the sky. And when he got there he found a long broad road going as straight as a dart. So he walked along and he walked along and he walked along till he came to a great big tall house, and on the doorstep, there was a great big giant sleeping.

Middle

Suddenly, the giant woke up and saw Jack. Jack was not scared. He told the giant that his family was poor. He asked if the giant could help him and his mother with the treasures the giant had. The giant felt sorry for Jack. So, he gave Jack a lot of food and treasures he had. After that, he told Jack to come again.

Ending

Jack and his mother lived happily ever after. They thanked the giant for helping them.

ACTIVITY TIME!

Write your own story using the storyboard below:

Beginning - Middle - Middle - Middle - Ending

A story has a beginning, middle, and an ending.

Beginning:  Choose the characters and place.

Middle:  Describe the characters and what happened in the story.

End:  What happened at the end? Does the story have a happy or sad ending?

QUESTION

Read the sentences. In the table below, write the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

·         From that day on, he read every night using the light coming from his neighbour’s house.

·         Long ago in a faraway land in a China, there lived a poor boy. His name was Kuang Heng.

·         He wrote many books and became famous in China. It was his determination and diligence that made him a famous person.

·         While growing up, he had to work in the fields during the day and read at night. Unfortunately, he was still poor and it troubled him that he had to use candles to read.

·         He took his knife and widened the hole to allow more light to come in.

·         One night, he saw a ray of light through a hole in the wall. Kuang Heng went near to see where the light was coming from.

·         He saw a ray of light shining through a hole in the wall. It caught his attention.

·         However, being born in a poor family, Kuang Heng could not afford to buy books. So he would work for the rich and asked for nothing more in return than books. They would give him a lot of books because he was helpful and hardworking.

PLOT	SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
BEGINNING	1) 2)
MIDDLE	3) 4) 5) 6)
END	7) 8)