Space Adventure Stories - Week 1 of 4, Reading and Writing Y5/6

Whether it has been reading classic literature such as The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to hiding behind the sofa whilst watching the Daleks on TV with Doctor Who or reaching for the tissues with films such as E.T. there are few topics that can inspire children’s (and adult’s) reading and creative writing more than SPACE.

In the first of two blocks of lessons designed for Y5/6 children, the 33 PowerPoint or Smart Notebook slides introduce the children to various space stories. Links to short videos and copyright-free images are also used to support discussion and the generation of ideas.
Many thanks are given to the editors at WAGOLL for giving permission for using various texts as these have been invaluable.

The structure of the four lessons for Week 1 is as follows:
• Reading for understanding the story, The Pet Snatchers using prepared questions;
• SPaG-related activities concerning use of colons and semi-colons for linking clauses and sentences;
• Comparing and contrasting of features (characters, settings, use of technology, structure) in three other short space adventures: Shadow Hunter, Space Holiday, Dani and the Machine Wars;
• Initial planning of ideas for our own space adventure story (these will be developed further in the next block of lessons).

Week 1 can be found here at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12830206
Weeks 2 & 3 can be found at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12834290
Week 4 can be found at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12834686

Any reviews or feedback on the content of the lesson and any improvements that could be made would be greatly appreciated.

If you like of the free resources, please check out the premium ones, including Bundle options such as the SATs Revision Collection with 44 slides of Reading resources, 67 slides to support teaching and learning in SPaG and 114 slides of Maths resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12830891