The Day the Crayons Quit (Year 2 English Unit of Work)

Based around the book ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt, this 10 lesson English Unit of Work covers Year 2 National Curriculum Objectives for S & L, Reading, Grammar and Spelling and Composition. The unit includes editable planning documents, worksheets, word mats, display banners , writing frames and much more.  End of unit writing for Persuasive Letter Writing’.

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Unit overview:

This English unit of work begins with a hook - the children discovering a scene in their classroom! The crayons have Quit! Introduce the text ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt to the class. Shared reading lessons are geared towards teaching children how to make simple predictions about what could be inside the envelopes. As the children continue to read the story, they will use role play to put themselves in place of each crayon character. The class will compile some questions to ask each different crayon and the children must answer questions, justifying their arguments and opinions. When the children are familiar with the story, they will sequence and retell the main points from the story using story maps / storyboards. The class will receive a further letter from the scissors and glue stick in the class, complaining and suggesting that they are going on strike. The children will be encouraged to unpick this letter, identifying the main features of a letter. Grammar features will then be explored using the texts provided. They will explore commas in a list, apostrophe for omission and the use of exclamation marks and question marks. The children will then plan and write their own persuasive letter to the scissors and glue giving reasons why they want them to return to their classroom.

Zip file includes:

• Editable Lesson Planning (Microsoft Word)
• Asking Questions Worksheets (PDF)
• Commas in a List Presentation (PPTX)
• Commas in a List Worksheets (PDF)
• Contraction Matching Game (PDF)
• Contraction Worksheets (PDF)
• Contractions Presentation (PPTX)
• Crayon Cut outs (PDF)
• Exclamation and Question Sentences (PDF)
• Exclamation or Question Worksheet (PDF)
• Features of a letter worksheet (PDF)
• Letter for Glue and Scissors (Microsoft Word)
• Letter Writing Frames (PDF)
• Persuasive Writing Checklists (PDF)
• Planning a persuasive letter (PDF)
• Sequencing Sentences (PDF)
• Large Story Board (PDF)
• Display Banner (PDF)
• Story Maps (PDF)
• We Quit Poster (PDF)

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