<p>A unit of 18 reading lessons exploring 5 different poems.</p> <p>Each lesson is structured in the following way…</p> <ul> <li>Vocabulary: New and unfamiliar vocabulary from the poem is introduced to the children.</li> <li>Reading: The poem can be read as a whole-class or by the teacher.</li> <li>I do: The reading skills for that lesson are introduced. Two skills are chosen from: Vocabulary, Infer, Predict, Explain, Retrieve, Summarise / Sequence. These questions are modeled to the children.</li> <li>We do: The children attempt to answer some questions either on a whiteboard, in groups, in pairs or as a whole-class.</li> <li>You do: There are a series of questions for the children to answer independently.</li> </ul>

<p><strong>A full unit of work for the plants Science topic!</strong></p> <p>6 lessons with the following objectives:</p> <ol> <li>What conditions do plants need to grow?</li> <li>What are the functions of the different parts of a flowering plant?</li> <li>How is water transported within plants?</li> <li>What do the flowers do in the life cycle of a flowering plant?</li> <li>What is the process of pollination and dispersal?</li> <li>What factors affect plant growth.</li> </ol> <p>Each lesson follows the following structure:</p> <ul> <li>Flashback - a recap of prior knowledge.</li> <li>Lesson objective - introducing what today’s learning is.</li> <li>I do - explaining the learning to the children.</li> <li>We do - a collaborative task to embed learning.</li> <li>You do - an independent task.</li> </ul> <p>Some lessons include practical elements too (including growing plants and observing water transportation in plants using food colouring).</p> <p>An assessment is also included.</p>

<p>A Year 5 unit of work exploring parenthesis and how it can be used in poetry. The aim of the unit is to allow children to confidently use parenthesis (brackets, dashes and commas) and apply their knowledge to poetry. The end point is being able to write a poem consisting of three verses with parenthesis about their identity and using an ‘I am’ structure.</p> <p><strong>Lesson outline</strong></p> <ol> <li>Structures and features of poetry</li> <li>Parenthesis for extra information</li> <li>Using parenthesis in poetry</li> <li>Planning poetry through themes</li> <li>Writing the first verse</li> <li>Writing the second verse</li> <li>Writing the third verse</li> <li>Editing and publishing</li> </ol> <p>Tried and tested!</p>

<p>Three lessons on…</p> <ol> <li>Types of employment</li> <li>Skillsets for different jobs</li> <li>Why choices are made about jobs and careers</li> </ol>

<p>A unit of work about written and spoken reviews for Year 5. Tried and tested!</p> <p><strong>Lesson outline:</strong><br /> 1 - Features of a film review<br /> 2 - Creating a one word review<br /> 3 - Analysing and writing a review<br /> 4 - Evaluating a spoken review<br /> 5 &amp; 6 - Planning a spoken review<br /> 7 - Filming your spoken review<br /> 8 - Evaluating our spoken reviews<br /> 9 - Analysing a written review<br /> 10 - Planning a written review<br /> 11 &amp; 12 - Writing a review</p>

<p><strong>L.I. – Explore how to recognise risk in relation to friendships and keeping safe.</strong></p>

<p><strong>L.I. Using commas for clarification</strong></p> <p>Success criteria:</p> <ul> <li>Spot when a sentence is unclear and needs a comma.</li> <li>Suggest the different meanings a sentence could have.</li> <li>Add or remove commas for clarification.</li> </ul>

<p><strong>L.I. To be able to identify word classes.</strong></p> <p>Steps to success:</p> <ul> <li>Understand what a word class is.</li> <li>Define a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, determiner, preposition and conjunction.</li> <li>Identify and use these word classes in sentences.</li> </ul>

<p><strong>L.I.: Discuss Muslim life in Britain</strong></p> <p>Includes…</p> <ul> <li>Detailed PowerPoint with key subject knowledge</li> <li>Key vocabulary</li> <li>Retrieval practice</li> <li>Images and statements for whole-class discussion</li> <li>Videos</li> <li>Activities</li> </ul>

<p><strong>L.I. - Using apostrophes to show singular possession</strong></p>

<p><strong>L.I.: Explore what Ramadan means to Muslims</strong></p> <p>Includes…</p> <ul> <li>Detailed PowerPoint with key subject knowledge</li> <li>Links to videos</li> <li>Examples of questioning for pupils</li> <li>Discussion points and whole-class activities</li> <li>Independent activity</li> </ul>

<p><strong>L.I. - Sin as a burden</strong></p> <p>Steps to success:</p> <ul> <li>Explore the comparison</li> <li>Use the scenario to explore responses</li> <li>Explain your feelings towards being unburdened</li> </ul>