Friend or Foe Week 1 of 4 English and Reading Year 4 WW2

Week 1 of 4 English and Reading plans and resources to go alongside the book ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. Used during the first 4 weeks of our World War II topic. Can be easily adapted to other year groups.

• 5 x Reading lessons (using Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach)
  * Monday - Demonstration Comprehension
  * Tuesday - Book Talk
  * Wednesday - Demonstration Comprehension
  * Thursday - Book Talk
  * Friday - Independent Comprehension
  All resources and model plans and writes are available for the Reading lessons.

• 5 x English lessons (loosely using Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach)
  * Children will be planning on their ‘thinking side’ and using the FANTASTICs
  * Diary writing
  All resources and model plans and writes are available for the English lessons.

• Drama hook lesson to begin the book

• 3 x 5 minute Grammar start activities

• Detailed Smart Notebook slides - 73 slides (converted into Power Point for non-Notebook users - may need to be edited slightly)

• Detailed plans - 10 pages

• All resources uploaded

• Unit cover