year 1 & 2 english (approx. 2 weeks) · write you own story called the magic pencil. imagine...

ACTIVITY 1Watch the story reading of the magic paint brush up to 1

minute 36 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-0JZPzBDMc

What is the warning the old man gives to Shen? Fill in the speech Bubble in activity sheet 1.

ACTIVITY 2Continue watching the story reading of the magic paint

brush up to 3 minutes 3 seconds. Whatever Shen paints becomes real. If you could paint

anything that could become real what would it be? Paint or draw a picture and label it.

ACTIVITY 3Continue watching the story to 4 mins 21

seconds. Shen is clever and tricks the Emperor into giving her the paint brush back. What do you think she might paint and how would she escape

with it?Please make 3 predictions.

ACTIVITY 4When the Emperor realizes Shen has gone, he is

angry and has lots of questions! Write 4 questions he would ask – Now watch the video up to 5 minutes 12 seconds. Were his questions

the same as yours?

ACTIVITY 5Watch the story up to

6 mins 35 seconds. Shen is painting a

dragon to scare away the Emperor. If you

painted a dragon what would it be like? Use

your senses (see, hear, feel, smell) to describe your dragon. You could

draw a picture to go with your sentences

too.

ACTIVITY 6Write you own story called the Magic pencil.

Imagine your teacher gives you a magic pencil in school. What did you draw? What was it like

when it became real? What did you do with it? How did your story end? You can take a few days

to do this.

ACTIVITY 7Watch the whole story through again and enjoy

it!At the end, Shen paints a party for the whole

village. Can you write an invitation for the party to tell everyone about it. Make sure you include

where, when, why it is happening and what it will be like. You could decorate it.

Year 1 & 2 English (Approx. 2 weeks)