Titanic themed literacy lesson for upper key stage 2 pupils. (Year 5 and 6) Exploring use of colons, recapping their use to write lists and emphasising how they work differently to lists with commas. Further looking at colons being used to add additional information after a main clause. LO: To incorporate the use of colons in my writing. Achieve: I can use colons correctly in sentences with a list. Challenge: I can use colons to clarify information in a main clause. Aspire: I can explain how colons can be applied as a writing tool to create emphasis.

LO: To utilise a variety of sentence structures to build atmosphere. Achieve: I can create sentences with varying structures. Challenge: I can choose sentence structures for their affect. Aspire: I can explain the effectiveness of different sentences at creating atmosphere.

LO: To utilise relative clauses in order to include relevant, precise details. Achieve: I can identify relative clauses and their pronouns within a sentence. Challenge: I can identify relative clauses and their pronouns within a sentence. Aspire: I can explain the effectiveness of a relative clause’s location within a sentence. Aimed at year 5 and 6, coverage of relative clauses to build on precise details when writing horror narratives. Relative pronouns. Relative clauses. The impact of these.

Collection of three LIRA lessons for building on reading comprehension skills based on the Guide Dog text for Year 5 and 6 in Key Stage 2 - KS2. Literal. Inference. Reader Response. Author Intent. Guide Dog text from past SATs paper. Additional spelling, punctuation and grammar questions linked to the text.

Two LIRA lessons for building on reading comprehension skills based on the California’s Unlikely Warriors Text for Year 5 and 6 in Key Stage 2 - KS2. Literal. Inference. Reader Response. Author Intent. Lesson 2 - focus on answering 3 mark, evidence based questions. Guide Dog text from past SATs paper. Additional spelling, punctuation and grammar questions linked to the text.