Questions/Activity:

1. Order the events of the story from the beginning to the end. 
    

Green: Write and sort the events/sentences below in order from Beginning (1) to end (4).

Remember they are jumbled and not in order.

• She went inside the house and ate porridge, sat on the chairs and slept in the beds.
• Once upon a time lived a girl called Goldilocks who lived with her mum.
• Goldilocks went for a walk into the woods and saw a house.
• The bears came home and Goldilocks got scared and ran all the way home.

 

Yellow: Use the jumbled events and put these into the correct order of how the story is told. Write it out neatly in your book.

• Once upon a time lived a young girl called Goldilocks.
• Goldilocks wakes up frightened, jumps from the bed and runs straight out the front door.
• Then she went and sat in the chairs and slept in the beds.
• She found a cottage which was empty and entered.
• As they arrived home, they discovered what Goldilocks had done to their porridge, chairs and beds.
• She helped herself to some porridge on the table.
• Goldilocks went for a walk in the forest and became lost. 
• Meanwhile, the bears who lived in the house were on their way back.

 

Red: In your own words write a simple summary paragraph of what happens in the story.

Answers

 

Green: 

1. Once upon a time lived a girl called Goldilocks who lived with her mum.
2. Goldilocks went for a walk into the woods and saw a house.
3. She went inside the house and ate porridge, sat on the chairs and slept in the beds.
4. The bears came home and Goldilocks got scared and ran al the way home.

 

Yellow: 

• Once upon a time lived a young girl called Goldilocks.
• Goldilocks went for a walk in the forest and became lost. 
• She found a cottage which was empty and entered.
• She helped herself to some porridge on the table.
• Then she went and sat in the chairs and slept in the beds.
• Meanwhile, the bears who lived in the house were on their way back.
• As they arrived home, they discovered what Goldilocks had done to their porridge, chairs and beds.
• Goldilocks wakes up frightened, jumps from the bed and runs straight out the front door

 

Red:

Answers will vary but it should be a short paragraph with only the key information, not extra information or details.