<p>Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers is used as inspiration for this unit of poetry planning. There are 12 days of planning (this would be 3 weeks in my school).<br /> Week 1 - Children explore the 7 Natural Wonders of the World and then explore how to use commas to separate the items on a list. They then add in adjectives to make list poems.<br /> Week 2 - Children continue their work on descriptive vocabulary and then use similes to write a descriptive poem that has a structured format.<br /> Week 3 - Children tie together all of their learning so far including commas for a list, descriptive language and similes to write an Ode to Earth.</p> <p>Lesson 1, 5 and 9 (this would be our first lesson of the week) are practical ‘hook’ lessons to get children ready for their learning for the week.</p> <p>All additional resources are included but there may be youtube links you need to google i.e Oliver Jeffers Ted Talk and additional videos for the 7 natural wonders of the world.</p>

<p>Midnight Fair Diary Entry planning.</p> <p>This is 15 lessons at a very slow pace culminating in a diary entry. There is a huge emphasis on editing work and checking work and taking the writing slowly. Would be best suited for a Year 1 class but would also work for Year 2.</p> <p>Week 1 - children focus on writing captions.<br /> Week 2 - children write speech bubbles<br /> Week 3 - children write a diary entry.</p> <p>Based on the Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer.</p>

<p>2 lessons aimed at year 2 but could work for KS2 too. It assumes that children have a foundation in printmaking and have done this skill previously.</p> <p>Lesson 1 - revision of different print making styles<br /> Lesson 2 - monoprinting inspired by Favianna Rodriguez</p>

<p>2 weeks of planning (8 lessons) which culminate in an explanation text using Rosie Revere Engineer as the starting point by Andrea Beaty.</p> <p>Week 1 - comic strip and conjunctions / connectives<br /> Week 2 - labeled drawing using expanded noun phrases and explanation text using commas, expanded noun phrases, apostrophe for possession.</p> <p>Aimed at year 2 children but would also work for KS2 pupils. Extra lessons / time could be added to allow children time to edit their work or write up in neat for displays etc.</p>

<p>6 weeks of planning for Dinosaurs topic with 2 Geography lessons and 4 History lessons. Fully linked to the National Curriculum. Activities included for the lesson plans and internet links within the planning to support with learning. Powerpoints included where needed.</p> <p>Lesson written for the KS1 curriculum but could be adapted for KS2 as well.</p> <p>Lesson 1 -History- Introduction to dinosaurs and children research a given dinosaur using tablets, books or chomebooks/ laptops<br /> Lesson 2- History - creating a Zine and learning about Mary Anning<br /> Lesson 3 - History - Learning about fossils and then making their own salt dough fossils or completing a missing word activity<br /> Lesson 4 - Geography - Learning about physical Geography of Lyme Regis then creating a sketch map<br /> Lesson 5 - Geography - recapping the 7 continents and then finding where fossils have been found on a world map<br /> Lesson 6 - History creating a timeline of the dinosaur time periods.</p>