Jack and the Beanstalk Change the Story | Creative Writing & Story Innovation Pack

Help children turn Jack and the Beanstalk into an original story of their own. This story innovation pack uses a familiar fairy-tale structure to support creative writing, with an illustrated story, ideas bank and six clear planning stages.

Suggested ages: 5–9 years, with support matched to each child. Children can draw, tell their ideas aloud, dictate to an adult or write independently.

What’s included?

• Teacher guide with practical teaching and printing suggestions.

• A two-page illustrated retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk.

• An illustrated ideas bank for characters, magical items, plants, creatures, treasures and endings.

• Three planning pages covering six story stages, with clear change prompts, large drawing boxes and writing lines.

• A lined writing page that can be copied for longer stories.

• Terms of use.

How to use it

Share the familiar story, choose or invent new ideas, and plan a connected adventure. Children rehearse their story aloud before writing. Keep the story pattern and change the details to make it their own.

Which product should I choose?

Change the Story (this pack): inventing, planning and writing an original story based on a familiar tale.

Read and Sequence: reading picture-and-text cards, ordering events and making a storybook. https://payhip.com/b/bBghS

Sequence and Write: oral retelling, a story map, lined writing panels and cut-and-paste caption support. https://payhip.com/b/7xptc

Reading Comprehension: two reading levels, a vocabulary match for each level and two levels of questions with answers. https://payhip.com/b/UENzK

Characters & Settings: describing Jack, the giant and Jack’s mum, exploring feelings, and comparing the cottage and castle. https://payhip.com/b/37K92

These are separate packs with different activity focuses; each includes a version of the same fairy tale.

Digital download: one 10-page A4 portrait PDF. Colour cover and black-and-white pupil pages. Print only what you need. No physical item will be sent. For one user, for personal use or use with your own class.