Year 3 · English
Plan What To Write
Year 3 learners practise planning a story before writing year 3.
The activities include Write a Fable, Write Alliterative Sentences, Write Texts in the First, Second and Third Person. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Write a Fable
- Write Alliterative Sentences
- Write Texts in the First, Second and Third Person
Checked learning resources
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
YouTube — English Singsing · Video · Opens on the provider website
Animated Aesop fable provides an age-appropriate model for planning and writing a new fable from a familiar framework with a clear moral.
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Alliteration
YouTube — BBC Teach · Video · Opens on the provider website
Primary video demonstrates repeated initial consonant sounds and models creating alliterative phrases.
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First, Second and Third Person
YouTube — GrammarSongs · Video · Opens on the provider website
Primary grammar video distinguishes first person I/we, second person you and third person he/she/it/they.
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Reading Comprehension
BBC Bitesize · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
KS2 comprehension guidance supports retrieving events, inferring motives and explaining the moral while planning and writing a new fable from a familiar framework with a clear moral.
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Aesop's Fables Teaching Collection
Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required
KS2 collection teaches the recurring structure, character types and morals needed for planning and writing a new fable from a familiar framework with a clear moral.
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Poetic Techniques
BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
KS2 poetry teaching explains alliteration as a deliberate sound choice.
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Alliteration Activity Sheets
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
KS2 practice asks pupils to generate and use alliterative word strings in sentences.
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Pronouns and Person
BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
KS2 grammar teaching explains personal pronouns and how viewpoint changes with person.