YEAR 3 WRITING

This online lesson will help develop story writing and up-

levelling skills.

WHAT SHOULD BE IN A STORY?

• What do you think you should include in a story?

Write your ideas down to create your own marking ladder.

MARKING LADDER

• These are the things

you should include in

your short story.

Have a look at this

picture and write down

5 adjectives to describe

the scene.

Key Questions:

Who might be there?

Why are they there?

Where is the windmill?

What can you see, hear,

smell, touch and taste?

IDEAS

Have a look at this

picture and write down

5 adjectives to describe

the scene.

Gloomy, crackling,

damp, musty, creaky.

Key Questions:

Who might be there? 4 children have hidden in the

bottom of the windmill.

Why are they there? The storm began as they were

playing football in the field.

Where is the windmill? On the edge of a small village

named Elderville.

What can you see, hear, smell, touch and taste? Hear –

crackling lightning, creaking wooden slats in the

windmill and scurrying mice. . Smell – musty, damp

crops left for years in the mill. Touch – damp, dusty

sacks on the hard, cold floor. Taste – tang of rotten

crops in the air.

10 MINUTE WRITE

• Your task is to write a story. You only have 10 minutes and afterwards we are

going to up-level your story.

• Use the key questions you have already answered to help you.

10 MINUTE WRITE

As the wind began to blow and the first drop of rain landed, the happy children

ran from the field into a nearby gloomy windmill to shelter. They had been

enjoying a game of football when the storm came. They found sacks half full of

damp flour and a cold, hard floor. “What is this?” Jenna asked. “It’s an old mill,”

replied Tom. They heard lightning! The children screamed. They felt terrified….

As they looked up they saw a crack of daylight in the old wooden slats and could

hear mice scurrying to find shelter themselves along the creaking floorboards of

the floor above.

UP-LEVEL

As the wind began to howl and the first drop of rain arrived, the excitable

children sprinted from the field into a nearby gloomy windmill to find protection

against the raging storm. They had been enjoying an enthusiastic game of football

when the storm arrived. They found sacks half full of damp flour and a cold, hard

floor. “What is this?” Jenna asked curiously. “It’s an old flour mill,” replied Tom.

They heard lightning crack! The children screamed. They felt terrified….

As they looked up, they saw a crack of daylight in the old wooden slats and could

hear plump mice scurrying quickly to find shelter themselves, along the creaking

floorboards above the children’s heads.

VCOP

WORK TO SEND IN

• We would like you to send in your up-levelled story based on the windmill.

• We would also like you to complete the white rose time assessment to show

us what you have learnt recently form the Maths Choice Board.

• Please email these pieces of work to your class teacher. We look forward to

receiving your work.