Iron Man Ted Hughes 4 Planning Sheets Year 6 Literacy

4 planning sheets.

Plenty of ideas.

Year 6.

Literacy.

Sample :

Set up plenary clip at beginning of lesson to be played in plenary
Imagination starter: display front cover of the Iron man on IWB – Tell pupils that we have a new topic surrounding the novel The Iron Man, and tell them we will find out more about the author and the story as the unit continues.
Round Robin: Can you write down describing words about the character you see? Place pupils into A/B and give 2 minutes to write down ideas on wipeboards in pairs. Feedback with lollypop sticks to follow. Draw out discussion as to what genre the book might be/ if the character is good/evil.

Read the first two pages to the class:
Hands up: Does the opening make them want to read on? Why? Collect ideas on IWB-
What is the effect of opening the story with questions?
Explain that the author Ted Hughes was primarily a poet rather than author-so he plays with his words/sentence length a lot more.
Note any important features of the text, which build up atmosphere and note on IWB. Choose an OPENERS card and set the class a challenge.

Can I analyse the features of a good story opening and find poetic devices? Children are given a copy of the first 2 pages of The Iron Man to annotate. They highlight what parts of the text build up the atmosphere to make a good opening –and how this contributes to he overall style.
Can I analyse the features of a good story opening? Support lower going over each section of the text together. Read through again if necessary.
Can I analyse the features of a good story opening, with support?