Escape From Pompeii Newspaper Report

Up to 3 weeks (just shy of 15 lessons) English planning around the book Escape from Pompeii with end product being a newspaper report.

Week 1

1. TASK: Make inference from a front cover
2. TASK: Describe a setting using verbs
3. TASK: Setting description using prepositional phrases
4. TASK: Create a role on the wall
5. TASK: Dictation with plural and possessive s

Week 2

1. TASK: Letter of advice to Tranio and Livia
2. TASK: Describe the volcano eruption
3. TASK: recognise and label the features of a newspaper
4. TASK: Ask and record ideas
5. TASK: Punctuate direct speech

Week 3

1. TASK: identify the main events and record events in chronological order
2. TASK: write the introduction to a newspaper article
3. TASK: write the main body of a newspaper article