Engage pupils with creative writing through this Key Stage 2 Twisted Tales resource pack. Pupils will read a model text, Sleeping Beauty – A Twisted Tale. This WAGOLL (what a good one looks like) shows how an author can adapt a familiar story.
In this version, a prince replaces the traditional princess and an arrow replaces the spinning wheel, giving pupils a clear example of how to retell a story with a twist. Pupils can annotate the text to identify story features and analyse grammar and punctuation. They can then use these insights to plan and write their own twisted tales.
What’s included
- Model Text – Sleeping Beauty: A detailed retelling with changed characters and events. Pupils can spot past tense, adverbials (including some fronted), inverted commas, relative clauses and structured story elements. They can also discuss how the author has altered characters, plot and events to create a new version of the story.
- Twisted Tales Writing Sheet: Two versions for LKS2 and UKS2 provide success criteria and examples of grammar skills. LKS2 sheets focus on fronted adverbials and inverted commas, while UKS2 sheets highlight adverbials and relative clauses.
- Twisted Tale Planning Sheet: Pupils use this to plan their own twisted tales, thinking about changes to characters, events and plot. Teachers can model completing it using the WAGOLL text.
- Fairy Tale Image Cards: Pupils can use these cards to orally retell familiar stories, explore how to twist events and generate ideas for their own versions.
- Writing Paper: Themed sheets for pupils to present their finished stories neatly.
National Curriculum links
Years 3/4: Pupils plan writing by studying similar texts and learning from their structure, vocabulary, and grammar. They apply fronted adverbials and punctuate direct speech correctly.
Years 5/6: Pupils identify audience and purpose, select the appropriate form and use model texts to guide their writing. They develop skills with relative clauses and apply grammar terminology accurately when discussing writing and reading.
This pack equips teachers to guide pupils in creating imaginative stories while developing clear writing structure and strong grammar and punctuation skills, all inspired by a WAGOLL text.