The Gruffalo (Year 2 English Units of Work)

Year 2 English Lessons and Resources, Unit of Work on ‘The Gruffalo’. Based around the story by Julia Donaldson. 10 lessons with Editable Planning Documents cover Year 2 National Curriculum Objectives for S & L, Reading, Grammar and Spelling and Composition. The unit includes editable planning documents, worksheets, presentations, display vocabulary and much more.

Unit Overview

The children will be hooked by following a set of footprints (mouse, fox, owl, snake and Gruffalo) around the school grounds. They will locate the Gruffalo story book by Julia Donaldson. The children will then make simple predictions about the story based on the front cover. During the shared reading lessons, the children will be encouraged to recognise and join in with recurring language. The children will use images from the story to sequence and retell the story in their own words using a storyboard. The children will then prepare to wite their own version of the Gruffalo, changing the monster. They will explore the grammatical elements required to write their own story; including expanded noun phrases, asking questions and the use of apostrophe for contraction. Using their knowledge of the ‘Gruffalo’ story by Julia Donaldson, the children will then learn how to plan out their own ideas to write their own ‘Monster’ story. Lessons include planning, drafting and editing the writing of an alternative ‘Gruffalo’ story.

Documents Included:

• Editable Planning Documents (Microsoft Word)
• Contraction Matching Game(PDF)
• Contraction Worksheets (PDF)
• Contraction Presentation (PPTX)
• Images of monsters for description (PDF)
• Expanded Noun Phrases Presentation (PPTX)
• Animal Footprints for HOOK lesson (PDF)
• Gruffalo Display Vocabulary (PDF)
• Large Gruffalo Storyboard in colour (PDF)
• Large Gruffalo Storyboard in Black and White (PDF)
• Gruffalo Word Mat (PDF)
• Hot Seating Masks (PDF)
• Planning Writing Worksheet (PDF)
• Question Sentence Stems Display (PDF)
• Recurring Language Worksheets (PDF)
• Gruffalo Display Banner (PDF)
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