Two-Week Literacy Unit: Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan
Target Audience: Students working at a Year 1 level, including older children with additional needs
This two-week literacy unit, based on Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan, is designed to support vocabulary development, sentence building, and story retelling. It includes 10 lessons, with a focus on word classes, extending sentences using conjunctions, and using synonyms to expand vocabulary.
Key Features:
Vocabulary Development: Introduces and reinforces key words from the story through engaging activities.
Word Class & Sentence Building: Focuses on identifying word classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives) and constructing simple and extended sentences, using a colourful semantics approach.
Synonyms & Conjunctions: Helps students use synonyms to vary their language and conjunctions to join ideas and extend sentences.
Retelling the Story: The final goal is for students to retell the story of Big Red Lollipop using new vocabulary and sentence structures.
By the end of the unit, students will be able to retell the story confidently, using a richer vocabulary and varied sentence structures. This unit is suitable for Year 1 learners and provides scaffolding for children with additional needs.
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