Y3 The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo - Medium term English plan

Final writing outcome: To write a version of Cinderella story with a new god

This unit of work is based on The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo. The original Cinderella story set in ancient Egypt – Rhodopis is slave whose beautiful rose-red slipper is stolen by a falcon. By chance her slipper ends up in the hands of the Pharoah who sets out to find its owner. Great for linking to a topic on Ancient Egypt.

Mastery skills:
– Organise paragraphs around a theme
– Create settings, characters and plot in narratives
– Express time, place and cause using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions
– Use of present perfect form of verbs
– Introduce inverted commas to punctuate direct speech

Short writing opportunities to develop mastery:
– Setting description
– Diary entry
– Character profile