Year 3: Recounts - 'The Diary of a Killer Cat' by Anne Fine

NB. A copy of ‘The Diary of a Killer Cat’ by Anne Fine is required to complete this unit.
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This bundle includes: a detailed scheme of work, all necessary resources and 2 fully interactive PowerPoints. These lessons are based upon the diary recount book ‘The Diary of a Killer Cat’ by Anne Fine which will help children to learn about this style of writing in a fun and engaging way.

SPAG/GPS covered: Time Conjunctions, Adverbials of Time, Place and Manner, Inverted Commas and Prefixes.

Lesson 1: To explore the features of a diary entry
Lesson 2: To answer questions about a text
Lesson 3: To write sentences using the prefixes un-, in-, dis- and mis-
Lesson 4: To use adverbs to express manner
Lesson 5: To use adverbs to express time and place

Lesson 6: To correctly punctuate speech using inverted commas
Lesson 7: To discuss ideas for a new character
Lesson 8: To plan a diary recount
Lesson 9: To write my own diary recount
Lesson 10: To finish and edit my diary

Total Number of Slides: 61
Scheme of Work Included? Yes
Activities and Resources Included? Yes
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