Mystery and Suspense English Scheme of Work LKS2 Week 1

‘Peril at the Bake Off ‘ by Ruth Quayle is the perfect mix of humour, suspense and mystery to appeal to all young readers. The story follows Joe, Pip and Tom during their summer stay with their Granny in the crime-filled village of Muddlemoor. Thank goodness the trio came to stay so they could solve the mystery, which surrounded their Granny and the village’s very important Bake Off competition!

This is WEEK 1 of a six-week unit of work which has been written for Year 3 and 4 children (ages 7-9). It includes 30 x 1 hours lesson plans, differentiated resources, engaging hand-drawn images, bespoke teaching videos, high quality example texts, word mats, drama opportunities and success criteria. As all of this is included within the scheme, which only leaves the printing of resources for you to do! It is that simple – the scheme is ready to pick up and use for an entire term!

During the six-week unit, the children will learn an array of grammar skills directly from the National Curriculum objectives: conjunctions of time, adverbs of manner, imperative verbs and how to correctly punctuate direct speech. The scheme also includes objectives from the reading curriculum and has many drama opportunities for the children to develop their speaking and listening skills.

There are two main writing outcomes for the scheme of work (including lots of smaller tasks in between). The first is an instruction text - where the children get to make delicious cakes and then write a recipe for them. The second is a mystery narrative.

There are many high quality WAGOLLs (What a Good One looks Like) included in the scheme. The children use the WAGOLLs to base their own writing on. During the unit, the children will learn about the features of a mystery genre and conclude the six-week period by writing their own predictive narrative about what happens to the main characters in the story.

Peril at the Bake off – text © 2021 Ruth Quayle, illustrations © 2021 Marta Kissi
Published by Andersen Press