Short Term Literacy Lesson Plans Year 5 Autumn Spring Summer Terms

Some great short but punchy Literacy lesson plans.

Spread throughout the terms.

Example :

Synonyms to describe the soldier WALT: explore the main ideas of a text
WILF:

• I know what the important points in a text are.
• I can explain my ideas about a character.
• I can find relevant information in a text.
  Recap on the story. Was it fair for the soldier to kill the witch? What type of characters are the soldier and witch? Explain your ideas. Shared read an alternative version of the tinderbox. Discuss what the main points of the text are. Children to highlight what they think are important points and explain why they think this. CT to introduce tasks and explain their roles. Task: Children to work in mixed ability groups with each given a role. 1. Draw an image of a main character. 2. Record the thoughts and feelings of the character using information from the text. 3. Identify the main points of the text so far. 4. Summarise the key points of the story. Read through to page 10. What do you think might happen next? How will the soldier spend his money?
  Group 1
  CT to read the text with the children and discuss the key information and supplementary information. CT to check children’s understanding of the text. Task: Children to debate whether the soldier committed murder or not.
  Punctuation- recap over .,!?
  WALT: create dialogue between characters
  WILF:
• Correct use of speech punctuation
• Use of adverbial phrases to extend sentences
• Ability to use tone, gestures and expression to convey a characters mood.
  Read the tinderbox to the page when the villagers are discussing the soldier’s new money and desire to meet the princess. Highlight the speech punctuation and discuss what the rules for speech are. CT to model examples.

Task:
Children in pairs to create a short dialogue that they can act out for the class. Children must use references to the text and expression, gestures and tone to convey the characters viewpoint. Read the line ‘I really want to see her’ – why is this in italics? What do you think the soldier will do to see the princess? Group 4
CT to support the children to use correct speech punctuation and adverbials to extend ideas.