In this unit of work, pupils will learn a variety of stylistic devices which will enable them to write their own suspense story. Pupils work through a variety of lessons where they analyse, practice skills, plan and draft a short piece of narrative work. The lesson breakdown and resources are as follows: Reading comprehension based on the WAGOLL provided and to be covered first before writing lessons. Writing: Lesson 1: Analyse stylistic features of a suspense based text (criteria provided) Lesson 2: Explore powerful vocabulary Lesson 3: Explore figurative language Lesson 4: Planning (planning template provided, teacher to model their own versions across an appropriate amount of lessons) before pupils draft. All PowerPoints also have some starter activities where pupils punctuate short extracts (Let’s Punctuate) and improve basic sentences (Let’s Up-level). Thank you.

8 sessions of guided reading screens using smartnote book (this is editable). I have inclided a PDF incase you do not have smart. Session concentrate on the VIPERS skills (vocab, inference, predicting, retrieval and summarising/sequencing). Every session has a starter activity too which is different to the main text focus. Content for year 4 but could be used for any KS2 class. No planners included. Thanks

7 lessons using The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith. Appropriate for LKS2. Concentrates on using VIPERS comprehension skills (vocabulary, inference, predict, explain, summarise). All lessons have a starter. Most have differentiated content. All resources added to word docs for easy printing. Simple VIPERS planner attached. Teaching slides in Smart Notebook, PDF and PowerPoint. Reading comprehension for lesson 7 unrelated to main teach to test VIPERS application. Thanks

8 lessons which cover key VIPERS reading skills based on Tom Palmer’s excellent WW 2 text RESIST. Lesson breakdown as follows: Vocabulary Infer Sequence/summarise Predict/infer Retrieve/summarise Explain Explain/summarise Infer (character emotions)

This resource uses Where the Poppies Now Grow by Hilary Robinson. L.T. I can explain and understand poetry In the first session, pupils annotate the poem using active reading strategies. In the second session, pupils explore some of the active reading strategies in more detail. In the third session, pupils will evaluate the themes that this text covers and provide evidence for any appropriate themes. Suitable for UKS2 reading lessons.

This resource can be taken over 1-4 lessons depending on your class ability. The poem has been selected from the text ‘Poems from the Second World War’ by Gaby Morgan. The lesson focus uses ‘Empty your Pockets’ by John Pudney. The suggested breakdown of the learning is as follows: Read poem and uses active reading strategies to visualise, predict, clairfy, connect and evaluate by annotating and illustrating key lines, phrases or words. Discuss how the poem makes readers feel using evidence. Discuss the poems structure and how this contributes to the impact. Discuss the impact of language used (help sheet provided with visuals).

This unit of 3-4 lessons uses Munford & Sons’ song ‘Dustbowl Dance’ as inspiration for poetry learning through song. Lesson breakdown: 1a. Annotate song using active reading strategies and discuss the meaning 1b. Listen to the song and discuss how the music and lyrics combine for meaning Answer questions to deepen understanding of the poem (including questioning, visualising, inferring, discussing structure). Analyse meaning and evaluate

This assembly covers The WW1 Christmas Truce in WW1 of 1914 WWI, where for a few hours, British and German soldiers stopped fighting and remembered what united them as humans rather than what divided them as enemies. The structure of the assembly is as follows: Image for pupils to reflect and think about on entry. A poem which details the event of German and British soldiers in the trenches read by teacher or pupil(s). Reflection from pupils on the ‘Ow’ (painful or difficult moment) ‘Wow’ (amazing moment) and or ‘Now’ moment. Advert campaign of the story. Silent Night Hymn. Take aways from the assembly. Thanks

A unit of work consisting of 6 lessons based on Kensuke’s Kingdom which address a key skill in each. Break down of skill focus is as follows: Lesson 1: Predict Lesson 2: Retrieve Lesson 3: Infer Lesson 4: Vocabulary Lesson 5: Sequence Lesson 6: Infer (character) PDF and smartnote book files available.

UKS2 Non-fiction Guided Reading unit of 4 lessons based on the book Survivors by David Long (a Blue Peter book winner). The text focus is ‘The Canyoneer Who Cut Off His Own Arm’. Lesson breakdown focuses on the following skills: L1: Predict/vocabulary L2: Vocabulary/infer L3: Retrieve/vocabulary L4: Retrieve All lessons have resources to print. Some differentiated content also.

These lessons take inspiration from the poem Troglodytic Owner-Occupier by By Nick Toczek. Reading: Attached are 3 lessons of reading resources which focus on visualising, clarifying and retrieving for meaning as well as inference. The poem is also provided with widget visuals to help SEND pupils. Writing: This unit (6 lessons) takes inspiration from the reading unit. Pupils create their own creature and write a poem about. Lessons focus on features such as: repetition, imagery and rhyming. Starter work comprises of uplevelling and punctuating sentences and small paragraphs. I have left my teaching ink on the slides so you can see how the resources are used and these are easily deleted with one click using PowerPoint. There is also a WAGOLL which is an example pupils can pull out the features to help them before writing their own. A fun unit that children have enjoyed and suitable for pupils aged 7-11 (although may suit UKS2 better). Thanks

This 10-lesson unit uses Sophie Anderson’s brilliant text ‘The House with Chicken Legs’. All the lessons only require the first few chapters of the book to be copied and focus on the following skills: Lesson 1: Predict Lesson 2: Predict & visualise Lesson 3: Using evidence Lesson 4: Retrieve Lesson 5: Comprehend Lesson 6: Retrieve and explain Lesson 7: Explain Lesson 8: Summarise Lesson 9: Infer Lesson 10: Retrieve and infer Lessons are attached as a whole unit PowerPoint or individual (which helps you to see some of the content). Thank you.

In this 3 lesson unit pupils learn about the WW1 Christmas Truce. Lesson 1: Pupils read a poem and discuss events in the poem. They watch the advert campaign and discuss. They then complete some activities where they timeline the events of the poem and plot the change in emotions of the soldiers throughout the day’s events. Lesson 2: Pupils look at themes in the poem and complete a diamond 9 activity whereby they prioritise the strongest themes and provide reasons for their choices. They also look at the significance of the hymn ‘Silent Night’, Lesson 3: Pupils look at the website: https://kidsforpeaceglobal.org/. Pupils write their own Peace Pledge for their year group. This is a nice unit in the run up to Christmas and also ticks off some poetry objectives. Resources include: Poem Widget translated poem for SEND children Emotions Graph Peace Pledge Template