Cambridge Primary English · 0058 · First language
The Island of Many Stories
Help Asha and Leo prepare an island story trail. Investigate a legend, compare accounts, write to neighbours and bring a tale to the stage.
Stage 3 · 36 guided lessons · 108 practice questions
Read closely, explore language, then plan and revise your own writing. Add daily reading, handwriting and live speaking and listening alongside these guided lessons.
Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: A message on the shore
Read a message on the shore and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Separate clues from guesses
May shows that Asha is suggesting a possibility. Her idea comes from the map; it is not yet a proven fact.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: A message on the shore
Write a short explanation of what Asha knows and what she still needs to find out.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: The keeper’s notebook
Read the keeper’s notebook and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Contractions and homophones
Can’t is a shortened form of cannot. The apostrophe marks missing letters, not possession. Read it as one familiar word.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: The keeper’s notebook
Write a message asking two helpers to come. Include a contraction and use to, two or too correctly.
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Read: Words that grow
Read words that grow and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Build words from roots
Stop has a short vowel before its final consonant. Double p before adding ed: stopped. In making, drop the final e from make before ing.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: Words that grow
Write three sentences about moving the bell using stopped, making and a word ending in less or ness.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: Two versions of a legend
Read two versions of a legend and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Compare without mixing accounts
A legend can change in retelling. Shared details are useful for comparison, but repetition does not prove that an event happened.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: Two versions of a legend
Write two paragraphs comparing the versions: shared events, then differences. Suggest one reason a retelling might change.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: A path through the mist
Read a path through the mist and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Make descriptions precise
Whispered tells us how Leo speaks and can suggest caution or uncertainty. It does not prove he is terrified. A reporting verb helps shape dialogue.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: A path through the mist
Write an adventure paragraph using a time or place opening, a precise noun phrase and a reporting verb.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: The rope and the cart
Read the rope and the cart and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Use sentence types and speech punctuation
If introduces a condition. The next clause explains a possible result. Reading the whole sentence prevents you from treating the result as certain.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: The rope and the cart
Write a short rescue exchange with a command, a question and an exclamation. Include one if sentence.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: A letter from the island
Read a letter from the island and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Keep time and position clear
Went is the past tense of go; saw is the past tense of see. Today we are checking shifts deliberately to a current action.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: A letter from the island
Write a personal letter recounting a visit and asking one useful question. Then rewrite the request for a librarian.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: Two guides to the harbour
Read two guides to the harbour and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Organise a useful information page
This specific detail answers part of Asha’s question. Select a source for the information you need, not only because it mentions the same place.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: Two guides to the harbour
Make an information page with separate headings for visiting and history. Keep facts from the two guides accurate.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: A bell-shaped poem
Read a bell-shaped poem and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Choose a poem’s sound and shape
Clang imitates a metallic sound: this is onomatopoeia. The line lengths widen and narrow, suggesting a bell shape as well as a fading sound.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: A bell-shaped poem
Write a shape poem about a wave, leaf or bell. Choose line lengths and one sound word deliberately.
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Read: A tale becomes a play
Read a tale becomes a play and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Turn narration into performance
Stage directions guide performance and are not normally spoken as dialogue. Speaker labels show who says each line.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: A tale becomes a play
Adapt a short part of the island tale into a playscript with two speakers and two useful directions.
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Read: Build a story trail
Read build a story trail and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Revise for someone who was not there
Testing with a new reader reveals gaps you may not notice. Instructions need an order, precise actions and enough information.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: Build a story trail
Write four ordered steps for making a bookmark. Ask a partner to follow them and revise one unclear step.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: The story trail opens
Read the story trail opens and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Recommend with a reason
Leo changes his response after hearing another view. Discussion is useful when listening can affect a decision, not only when people take turns talking.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: The story trail opens
Write a recommendation for one trail text and a short reflection on your own writing improvements.
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Assessments are original Find Tutor practice, not official Cambridge examinations. Open responses need human review. A completed activity is not proof of independent mastery.