KS2 Recounting Christmas Writing Unit - 4 Outstanding Lessons

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Want a simple way to kick off the first week back after Christmas? Start your Spring term the right way with these four English lessons that guide children through the basics of writing a diary entry and using coordinating conjunctions to extend their sentences. They will retell their Christmas Day through diary writing. These lessons have also been adapted so that they can be used with children who do not celebrate Christmas - they can recount another day of the holidays.

This unit includes PowerPoints, differentiated resources and detailed lesson plans to make your first week back as easy as possible.

Lesson 1: Using coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Lesson 2: Features of a diary entry
Lesson 3: Planning a diary entry (through verbal drama activities and planning sheets)
Lesson 4: Writing a short diary entry

Resources included:

• 4 lesson plans
• 4 PowerPoints
• Starter task - full stops
• Lower ability task - using and, but and so
• Lower ability task - answers
• Middle ability task - joining main clauses with for, and, but, or, yet and so
• Higher ability task - joining simple sentences with for, and, now, but, or, yet and so
• Diary features
• 3 diary plans (LA, MA, HA)
• LA Writing template
• Starter task - co-ordinating conjunctions

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