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Lost and Found Stories - KS1 Text Types: Writing Planners and Model Texts

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Explore the theme of ‘Lost and Found’ in KS1 using this text type resource pack. Young writers will learn a simple story structure by reading the model text ‘Where’s Benji?’, a short story set in a familiar setting about a lost toy that is then found, showing WAGOLL (what a good one looks like). This simple narrative can be told by pupils in KS1, acting out ideas to help sequence the story. The resources are based on a model text with planning sheets to support pupils to retell or write their own version of a lost and found tale.

This resource includes:

  • Model text - Where’s Benji?
    A simple narrative of a toy that is thought to be lost.
  • Lost and found story writing sheet
    This contains success criteria that pupils can use with examples of words that show position (prepositions) and simple time adverbials.
  • Story idea cards
    A set of PDF image cards with ideas for story writing. The cards have examples of things that could be lost and where people could look to find them.
  • Lost and Found story planning sheet
    A worksheet to support pupils to plan and structure their writing.
  • Writing paper
    A PDF sheet that pupils could use to present their work.

National Curriculum English programme of study links:

year 1
Pupils should be taught to write sentences by saying out loud what they are going to write about
Pupils should be taught to write sentences by composing sentences orally before writing
Pupils should be taught to write sentences by sequencing stories to form short narratives

year 2
Pupils should be taught to develop positive attitudes and stamina for writing by writing narratives ...
Pupils should be taught to develop positive attitudes and stamina for writing by considering what they are going to write before beginning by planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about
Pupils should be taught to develop positive attitudes and stamina for writing by writing down ideas and / or key words, including new vocabulary
Pupils should be taught to develop positive attitudes and stamina for writing by encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence

  • Model text - Where's Benji?
  • Lost and found story writing sheet
  • Story idea cards
  • Lost and Found story planning sheet
  • Writing paper
  • Teacher notes
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