The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch - KS1 English Unit Bundle

A Ready-To-Teach unit with not one, but 3 writing units based on the KS1 classic ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’.

This 4-week unit covers both reading and writing skills in a range of genres: character description, narrative retelling, and instructions. Each genre is complete with a detailed PowerPoint, lesson plans and resources.

Unit 1 - Character Description
Lesson 1: Exploring the text, focusing on new vocabulary
Lesson 2: Generating adjectives to describe a character
Lesson 3: Writing a character description
Lesson 4: Exploring the text, focusing on making inferences

Unit 2 - Narrative Retelling
Lesson 1: Retelling the story using interesting sentence openers and the conjunction ‘but’
Lesson 2: Retelling the story using alliteration and a question
Lesson 3: Retelling the story using interesting sentence openers and the conjunction ‘and’
Lesson 4: Exploring the text, focusing on making predictions

Unit 3 - Instructions
Lesson 1: Identifying the features of instructions
Lesson 2: Sequencing events and planning instructions
Lesson 3: Writing instructions
Lesson 4: Writing instructions
Lesson 5: Designing a disgusting sandwich
Lesson 6: Planning instructions
Lesson 7: Independently writing instructions
Lesson 8: Independently writing instructions

All files are completely editable, allowing you to adjust as needed for your children!