The Colour Monster (KS1 English Unit of Work)

Based around the book ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas, this 7 lesson English Unit of Work covers KS1 National Curriculum Objectives for S & L, Reading, Grammar and Spelling and Composition. The unit includes editable planning documents, worksheets, display vocabulary, writing frames and much more.  End of unit ‘New Monster Description’.

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Unit overview:

This unit will begin with a ‘hook’ to engage the class and encourage them to consider organising emotions and colours into different jars. The class will then be introduced to the book ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas. Shared reading lessons will focus on making simple, verbal predictions. The children will reinforce their understanding of the story through retelling. The use of a story map will support the children to order and sequence the story, retelling the main points in their own words. Share reading lessons will also cover linking to story to their own personal experiences. The children will consider times when they have felt different emotions and record these reflections in simple and subordinating sentences. The class will then unpick elements of the text, recognising how similes have been used effectively for description. Children will then create their own similes linked to the emotion ‘love’. Moving on, the children will be taught how to use a thesaurus to find synonyms for different colours and emotions. Towards the end of the unit, children will be taught how to plan and write a description for their own ‘colour monster’. Selecting a different colour and emotion. They will use the skills taught (similes and synonyms) and include these in their writing.

Zip file includes:

• Editable Lesson Planning (Microsoft Word)
• HOOK sorting Activity (PDF)
• Characters from the story (cut outs) (PDF)
• Planning my writing worksheet (PDF)
• Emotion Jar Activity (PDF)
• Emotion Jar Posters (PDF)
• Emotion Posters (PDF)
• Emotion DIsplay Vocabulary (PDF)
• Link to personal experiences worksheets (PDF)
• Matching Colours Game (PDF)
• Simile Love Poster (PDF)
• Similes Worksheets (PDF)
• Similes Presentation (PDF)
• Synonyms Posters (PDF)
• Synonyms Worksheets (PDF)
• The Colour Monster Classroom Display Banner (PDF)
• Large classroom story map (PDF)
• Small story map worksheets (PDF)
• Writing frame (PDF)

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