Talk For Writing Unit of Work on Katie in London by James Mayhew

This unit of work was planned for a year 1 class for their Talk for Writing lessons. The unit of work lasts for 2 to 3 weeks. Each lesson is planned for between 20 and 30 minutes with an extended time given for the final pieces of writing. Although these sessions are short, I have previously used the book and ideas for a year 2 literacy unit of work. The book fits really well into a topic about London and links well to KS1 Geography identifying and comparing key physical features of a city/town. This planning suggests changing the story from Katie visiting London to Katie visiting Barnsley but it easy to adapt it to the place that you are teaching in. I have included a story map to remember the beginning of the story and a simplified version that can be simplified further as the text that the children can remember and then have a go at writing.