The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood-diary entry of Podkin

This is a 7-day editable Teaching PowerPoint complete with success criteria and differentiated/adapted resources that lead to a long writing task – a diary entry of Podkin based on Chapter 3 of the book The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood.

The lessons include talk tasks, vocabulary, and meanings (Chapter 3) as well as grammar based on the book, and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels for Years 3,4 or 5. See a breakdown of teaching materials below. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task.

This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive. The PowerPoint allows you to teach and model the writing.

The learners can use their work from Day 1 to Day 6 and interweave it into the Long Write. Lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners and a word bank for all children for the long write.

Lesson 1: Vocabulary: To understand words and their meanings. (Chapter 3)
Lesson 2 : Comprehension: To answer retrieval questions. (Chapter 3)
Lesson 3: Grammar: To identify features of a diary entry (Podkin– Chapter 3 )
Lesson 4: Grammar/Writing: To use colons.
Lesson 5 : Grammar/Writing: To use contractions.
Lesson 6: Planning: To plan a diary entry (Podkin- based on events of Chapter 3 )
Lesson 7 : Composition: To write a diary entry (Podkin – based on Chapter 3)