Diary of a Cornflake Science in English Digestive System Year 4 Complete English Unit

Diary of a Cornflake Diary Writing unit. I created these resources to use in the classroom however, they would also make an excellent unit for live learning.

Included is a sequence of 10 lessons including exploring new vocabulary, sequencing events, describing a setting, the big write lessons with some modeled paragraphs and editing sessions embedding in each big write. Here is a break down of each lesson included:

Talk Treasure Chest - exploring adventurous vocabulary to include in this piece of writing.
Sequencing key events in the journey of the digestive system and creating a cartoon strip.
How to describe a setting using Jane Considine’s FANTASTIC tool.
Setting the scene - exploring how and when people write their diaries.
The opening paragraph - the beginning of the story with teacher example to set the scene.
Writing paragraph 3 including modeled paragraph, editing section and checklist for writing.
Writing paragraph 4 including editing example and checklist.
Writing up in best lesson which encourages children to practice and perfect their handwriting.

This unit was planned and used by me and is a great unit of writing to get children hooked and enthusiastic about the digestive system - a simple but effective way to show writing across the curriculum. All resources supporting this writing unit are included.