A shoot of corn

Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), A Shoot of Corn is from the Cambridge Reading genre strand Narrative Recounts, a strand which motivates children to explore their personal responses and make links to their own experiences.

Each story in this set of nine marks a significant event from someone's childhood.

This is a true story about Richard Brown, which happened in 1958.

In the village school that Richard used to go to as a boy, there was always a harvest festival.

One year, Richard found some grains of corn. In the spring, he planted one in a jar and watched it grow into a beautiful shoot of corn.

Narrative recounts also provide excellent models for children's own writing.