This is a one week lesson plan designed for year 2 but can be used in year 3. The planning is based on a book, ‘The Dark’ by Lemony Snicket. It is a one week plan to write a piece of advice to the character Laszlo who is afraid of the dark. Planning includes role play and a build up to the final writing piece.

Word bank of Prince Cinders and his brothers. Labelled pictures describing appearance and personality. Cut up sentences for LA.

Word bank News paper report planning Model text ks1 year 2 year 1

I created these writing statements for my school - children have them attached to their English books on the inside of their front page. Each year group have examples of grammar and punctuation in red. Ks1 also have visual examples - fingers to remind children to sound out words and use finger spaces. There is also a list of the year groups common exception words for children and teachers to refer to. Teachers highlight these as the children complete termly writing assessments. Year 2 & Year 6 have a section to date for moderation purposes!

Year 1 Animals Riddle writing Differentiated word banks (with sentence starters, adjectives and adverbials for HA) Pictures of animals and their labelled body parts for LA Cut up sentences of a riddle for SEN or LA. I have children order the cut up sentences then write them out. Lesson plan

1 week planning KS1 Model Text SPAG starters Perfect for remote learning or in the classroom

Sentence starters to display in you classroom; evaluating, comparing, predicting, story telling, making assumptions, agreeing and disagreeing.