Teacher guide · Creative Lab · Harder · about 40 min

📚 Two Sides of the Story

Pupils practise confidence and creativity through "Two Sides of the Story": Retell a mystery through different characters.

Lesson guide

1. Hook · 5 min
Show the 📚 mission title and read the opening: "Which sentence is first person?". Take three quick guesses.
2. Model · 5 min
Think aloud through the first step together. Use Pixel the Fox's line as your prompt: "Nice! That's an idea nobody else had."
3. Do · 15 min
Pairs work through the 5 steps on screen or on the printed sheet. Circulate and ask "why?"
4. Discuss · 10 min
Use two or three of the discussion questions. Ask pairs to share different answers, not just correct ones.
5. Reflect · 5 min
Exit ticket: one sentence on how they used confidence today.

What was the hardest choice in "Two Sides of the Story", and why?
Which sentence is first person — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Why might two characters describe an event differently — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Which keeps past tense consistent — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Where could you use confidence outside school this week?
If you did this again, what would you change?

Support: Read prompts aloud, pair with a confident partner, and accept spoken or drawn answers for writing steps.

Stretch: Ask pupils to create their own extra step for a partner and explain the correct answer.

National Curriculum: English: reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and writing
National Curriculum: English: composition — planning and drafting ideas (KS1/KS2)
National Curriculum: Design & Technology: generate, develop and communicate ideas
PSHE: Health & wellbeing: self-concept, strengths and interests

Pupil sheet

Name: ____________________ Date: __________

1. Which sentence is first person?
☐ I opened the secret door.
☐ She opened the secret door.
☐ They opened the secret door.
2. Why might two characters describe an event differently?
☐ One must always be lying
☐ Stories cannot have two views
☐ They know and feel different things
3. Which keeps past tense consistent?
☐ He walked in and sat down.
☐ He walked in and sits down.
☐ He walks in and sat down.
4. Connect the clues to their meanings.
I noticed → ________________
She noticed → ________________
You notice → ________________
5. Tell a lost-lunchbox mystery twice: from its owner’s view and from the finder’s view.