Y3/4 Guided Reading - Informal Letters - 10 Lessons

This 10 lesson guided reading unit is all about informal letters. The three included texts are based on the casual, everyday life, including informal vocabulary and structure.

Great to study across a week or half term, these sessions are based around reading the text together as a whole class (or group) and predicting, clarifying vocabulary and exploring the text.

Children will build up a knowledge of the features and language used in informal letters.

Learning objectives:

1. To analyse and compare the features and structure of a letter.
2. To infer and explain the writer’s feelings and opinions from a letter.
3. To understand and summarise the main points of a letter.
4. To summarise the main points of a letter and to write a question based on the text.
5. To identify and describe the features and content of an informal letter.
6. To identify and describe the features and content of an informal letter.
7. To analyse and compare the tone and purpose of an informal letter.
8. To understand and summarise the main points of the introduction of an informal letter.
9. To infer and explain the writer’s feelings and opinions from the body and the conclusion of an informal letter.
10. To evaluate and improve the organisation and structure of an informal letter.

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