Darwin's Dragons English Unit and Evolution Classroom display Bundle

Extremely fun and engaging unit of work and printable EVOLUTION classroom display!

Great unit to use when teaching evolution, Darwin and the HMS Beagle expedition.

Resource includes an information text about Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage, a biography of Charles Darwin and a narrative description inspired by the book. Power Point includes an extract analysis for each text type.

A six week unit of work based on chapters 1-6 of the book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ with comprehension tasks, writing tasks, science objectives, cross curricular links and plenty of challenges included throughout.

PowerPoint** for chapters 1-6 with 63 slides.

X30 sets of success criteria for each writing task included.
x30 sets of extract analysis for each genre ready to print.
x 30 Writing checklists for each writing genre included.

Science focus including substantive knowledge and vocabulary for evolution topic.

Extensive Vocabulary and comprehension linked to the domains for all 6 chapters
Comprehension and critical thinking challenges
Comprehension answers included
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; plenty of SPAG opportunities ; writing activities, editing and publishing
Planning overview.

Suitable for KS2