Year 4 MTP for WW2 English, Autumn Term (14 weeks) An outline of; Texts/Film units Writing genres SPaG Handwriting Weekly plans, Smart Notebooks/Power Points and resources will be uploaded onto My Shop following this plan. Can be edited for other year groups.

Whole school planning for the book, Setsuko and the Song of the Sea by Fiona Barker. Originally planned for an author visit but could be used for World Book Day or similar. Cross-curricular activities and ideas.

Week 6 of 10 English and Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler (approx. 7-8 hours worth of planning per week). A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2. I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. I will update MyShop each week with the next set of weekly Reading, English, Grammar plans and resources. ** Reading Lessons** 5 x Reading lessons (30 mins) I have written the Reading comprehension questions myself, in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS for each chapter. Reading lessons have been planned in the style of Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach. 2 x demonstration comprehension sessions (Mondays and Wednesdays) which are based on Spy Master. 2 x book talk sessions (Tuesdays and Thursdays) where the children will be in mixed ability groups, each group with a different text to focus on together. 1 x independent comprehension session (Fridays), which is based on the book, Spy Master and completed in a similar way to the demo lessons, but with less discussion and modeling. English Lessons 5 x English lessons which go alongside the book and are differentiated (1 hour approx.) 4 x 5-minute grammar starters 1 x Grammar lesson which covers the LKS2 statements (30 mins approx.) Planning based on chapters 18-22 (38 chapters in total) Detailed SmartNotebook slides for each Reading, English and Grammar lesson ( 45 slides) - I have converted these to Power Point slides too for those without access to Smart Notebook (may need some editing) Beginning to use Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach to the planning side of writing lessons. Model writes and plans are included All other resources mentioned for lessons are included The next set of planning and resources will be available on MyShop. About the book: **'THE YEAR IS 1532. In the court of King Henry VIII, spies are everywhere and no one can be trusted. This is the world Jack Briars faces when he becomes apprentice to Thomas Cromwell, the King’s right-hand man - and Spy Master! Jack’s new life is exciting, but, when you’re surrounded by secrets and lies, even one mistake can be deadly. Can Jack keep his place - and his head?’**

Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2. I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. Chapters 15-22 reading comprehension sheets Written in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS Demonstration comprehension and Independent comprehension slips also provided for lessons on Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books lessons. Reading, English and Grammar lessons for the book are available on MyShop I use the VIPERS questions when reading to the class. My TA has a copy of the sheets and notes down the children’s ideas and answers for verbal evidence of reading. I collect as many answers as possible each lesson.

Week 5 of 10 English and Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler (approx. 7-8 hours worth of planning per week). A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2. I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. I will update MyShop each week with the next set of weekly Reading, English, Grammar plans and resources. ** Reading Lessons** 4 x Reading lessons (30 mins) I have written the Reading comprehension questions myself, in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS for each chapter. Reading lessons have been planned in the style of Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach. 2 x demonstration comprehension sessions (Mondays and Wednesdays) which are based on Spy Master. 2 x book talk sessions (Tuesdays and Thursdays) where the children will be in mixed ability groups, each group with a different text to focus on together. 1 x independent comprehension session (Fridays), which is based on the book, Spy Master and completed in a similar way to the demo lessons, but with less discussion and modeling. English Lessons 4 x English lessons which go alongside the book and are differentiated (1 hour approx.) 4 x 5-minute grammar starters 1 x Grammar lesson which covers the LKS2 statements (30 mins approx.) Planning based on chapters 15-17 (38 chapters in total) Detailed SmartNotebook slides for each Reading, English and Grammar lesson ( 46 slides) - I have converted these to Power Point slides too for those without access to Smart Notebook (may need some editing) Beginning to use Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach to the planning side of writing lessons. Model writes and plans are included All other resources mentioned for lessons are included The next set of planning and resources will be available on MyShop. About the book: **'THE YEAR IS 1532. In the court of King Henry VIII, spies are everywhere and no one can be trusted. This is the world Jack Briars faces when he becomes apprentice to Thomas Cromwell, the King’s right-hand man - and Spy Master! Jack’s new life is exciting, but, when you’re surrounded by secrets and lies, even one mistake can be deadly. Can Jack keep his place - and his head?’**

Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2. I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. Chapters 7-14 reading comprehension sheets Written in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS Demonstration comprehension and Independent comprehension slips also provided for lessons on Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books lessons Reading, English and Grammar lessons for the book are available on MyShop I use the VIPERS questions when reading to the class. My TA has a copy of the sheets and notes down the children’s ideas and answers for verbal evidence of reading. I collect as many answers as possible each lesson.

Week 4 of 10 English and Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler (approx. 5-6 hours worth of planning per week). A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2. I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. I will update MyShop each week with the next set of weekly Reading, English, Grammar plans and resources. ** Reading Lessons** 4 x Reading lessons (30 mins) I have written the Reading comprehension questions myself, in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS for each chapter. At the end of last week, I began to use Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach. This week’s planning consists of 2 x demonstration comprehension sessions (Mondays and Wednesdays) which will be based on the book, Spy Master. There are also 2 x book talk sessions (Tuesdays and Thursdays) where the children will be in mixed ability groups, each group with a different text to focus on together. Usually, there will be a fifth lesson on Friday where we complete an independent comprehension task, which will be based on the book, Spy Master and completed in a similar way to the demo lessons, but with less discussion and modeling. English Lessons 3 x English lessons which go alongside the book and are differentiated (45 mins approx.) 4 x 5-minute grammar starters 1 x Grammar lesson which covers the LKS2 statements (30 mins approx.) Planning based on chapters 11-14 (38 chapters in total) Detailed SmartNotebook slides for each Reading, English and Grammar lesson ( 37 slides) - I have converted these to Power Point slides too for those without access to Smart Notebook (may need some editing) Model writes are included All other resources mentioned for lessons are included The next set of planning and resources will be available on MyShop. About the book: **'THE YEAR IS 1532. In the court of King Henry VIII, spies are everywhere and no one can be trusted. This is the world Jack Briars faces when he becomes apprentice to Thomas Cromwell, the King’s right-hand man - and Spy Master! Jack’s new life is exciting, but, when you’re surrounded by secrets and lies, even one mistake can be deadly. Can Jack keep his place - and his head?’**

Week 3 of 10 English and Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler (approx. 5-6 hours worth of planning per week). A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2. I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. I will update MyShop each week with the next set of weekly Reading, English, Grammar plans and resources. ** Reading Lessons** 4 x Reading lessons (30 mins) I have written the Reading comprehension questions myself, in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS for each chapter. At the end of this week (Wednesday), I began to use Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach. This week’s planning consists of 1 x demonstration comprehension sessions (Mondays and Wednesdays) which will be based on the book, Spy Master. There is also 1 x book talk sessions (Tuesdays and Thursdays) where the children will be in mixed ability groups, each group with a different text to focus on together. 1 x Independent comprehension (Fridays) where we complete an independent comprehension task, which will be based on the book, Spy Master and completed in a similar way to the demo lessons, but with less discussion and modeling. English Lessons 4 x English lessons which go alongside the book and are differentiated (45 mins approx.) 4 x 5-minute grammar starters Planning based on chapters 7-10 (38 chapters in total) Detailed Smart Notebook slides for each Reading, English and Grammar lesson (43 slides) - I have converted these to Power Point slides too for those without access to Smart Notebook (may need some editing) Model writes are included All other resources mentioned for lessons are included The next set of planning and resources will be available on MyShop. About the book: **'THE YEAR IS 1532. In the court of King Henry VIII, spies are everywhere and no one can be trusted. This is the world Jack Briars faces when he becomes apprentice to Thomas Cromwell, the King’s right-hand man - and Spy Master! Jack’s new life is exciting, but, when you’re surrounded by secrets and lies, even one mistake can be deadly. Can Jack keep his place - and his head?’**

Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2. I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. Chapters 1-6 reading comprehension sheets Written in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS Reading, English and Grammar lessons for the book are available on MyShop I use the questions when reading to the class. My TA has a copy of the sheets and notes down the children’s ideas and answers for verbal evidence of reading. I collect as many answers as possible each lesson.

Week 2 of 10 English and Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler (approx. 5-6 hours worth of planning per week). A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2. I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. I will update MyShop each week with the next set of weekly Reading, English, Grammar plans and resources. 5 x Reading lessons (10-15 mins approx.) 4 x English lessons which go alongside the book and are differentiated (30-45 mins approx.) 5 x 5-minute grammar starters 1 x Grammar lesson which covers the LKS2 statements (30 mins approx.) Planning based on chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6 (38 chapters in total) Detailed SmartNotebook slides for each Reading, English and Grammar lesson (44 slides) - I have converted these to Power Point slides too for those without access to Smart Notebook (may need some editing) Model writes are included Reading comprehension questions written by myself, in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS for each chapter All other resources mentioned for lessons are included The next set of planning and resources will be available on MyShop. About the book: **'THE YEAR IS 1532. In the court of King Henry VIII, spies are everywhere and no one can be trusted. This is the world Jack Briars faces when he becomes apprentice to Thomas Cromwell, the King’s right-hand man - and Spy Master! Jack’s new life is exciting, but, when you’re surrounded by secrets and lies, even one mistake can be deadly. Can Jack keep his place - and his head?’**

Week 1 of 10 English and Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler (approx. 5-6 hours worth of planning per week). A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2. I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. I will update MyShop each week with the next set of weekly Reading, English, Grammar plans and resources. 5 x Reading lessons (10-15 mins approx.) 4 x English lessons which go alongside the book and are differentiated (45 mins approx.) 5 x 5-minute grammar starters 1 x Grammar lesson which covers the LKS2 statements (30 mins approx.) Planning based on chapters 1 and 2 (38 chapters in total) Detailed SmartNotebook slides for each Reading, English and Grammar lesson (36 slides) - I have converted these to Power Point slides too for those without access to Smart Notebook (may need some editing) Model writes are included Reading comprehension questions written by myself, in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS for each chapter All other resources mentioned for lessons are included The next set of planning and resources will be available on MyShop. About the book: **'THE YEAR IS 1532. In the court of King Henry VIII, spies are everywhere and no one can be trusted. This is the world Jack Briars faces when he becomes apprentice to Thomas Cromwell, the King’s right-hand man - and Spy Master! Jack’s new life is exciting, but, when you’re surrounded by secrets and lies, even one mistake can be deadly. Can Jack keep his place - and his head?’**

UPDATED! Week 1 of 2 weeks Reading and English unit based on Christina Balit’s, ‘Escape From Pompeii’. Week 1: Setting descriptions Week 2: Narrative writing Reading 2 x Demonstration comprehension lessons (30 mins) Planning and writing models given 1 x Independent comprehension lesson (30 mins) Children complete the tasks in their English books, planning and writing before the English tasks. English 4 x English lessons * Monday - Planning day, gathering ideas for Pompeii before the eruption * Wednesday - Guided write, setting description * Thursday - Planning day, after the eruption, independent task * Friday - Independent write, setting description 3x Grammar starter activities. * Grammar focus - subordinating conjunctions and clauses. Detailed Smart Notebook slides included and also uploaded in PowerPoint form (66 slides). I have exported it in ppt so it may not look quite the same with fonts and images so made need some rectifying to make it look the same. Vocabulary book available - 30 high-order words from the book with word type, definition, synonyms, evidence from the book. All resources and model writes included. This resource is an updated version of my 2 week plan which was uploaded last year. There are some similarities in the planning, however, changes were made due to using Jane Considine’s ‘Hooked on Books’ approach to Reading and loosely using ‘The Write Stuff’ to plan and write using the lenses. Suitable for Years 3 and 4. Used book to go with Earthquakes and Volcanoes topic. Week 2 planning and resources: Vocabulary book: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648516

UPDATED! Lessons 1 and 2 (1 x Reading, 1x English) from Week 1 of 2 weeks Reading and English unit based on Christina Balit’s, ‘Escape From Pompeii’. Week 1: Setting descriptions Week 2: Narrative writing Reading 1 x Demonstration comprehension lessons (30 mins) Planning and writing model given Children complete the tasks in their English books, planning and writing before the English task. English 1 x English lessons * Monday - Planning day, gathering ideas for Pompeii before the eruption Detailed Smart Notebook slides included and also uploaded in PowerPoint form (30 slides). Vocabulary book available - 30 high-order words from the book with word type, definition, synonyms, evidence from the book. All resources and model writes included. This resource is an updated version of my 2 week plan which was uploaded last year. There are some similarities in the planning, however, changes were made due to using Jane Considine’s ‘Hooked on Books’ approach to Reading and loosely using ‘The Write Stuff’ to plan and write using the lenses. Suitable for Years 3 and 4. Used book to go with Earthquakes and Volcanoes topic. Week 1 planning and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12490195 Week 2 planning and resources: Vocabulary book: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648516

6 week writing unit based on The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. Suitable for Years 3 and 4. 29 writing lessons, 6 guided reading lessons. SmartNotebook slides are very detailed as the unit was planned for during lockdown so videos were made using the slides. (also converted into Power Point - may need to be edited) Grammar focuses: fronted adverbials and speech marks. Daily 5 minute starters on 4 out of 6 of the weeks on the SmartNotebook slides, all based on the section of the books focused on in the lesson. Lesson planning was written for the children at home so is a summary of the lesson and written in a child-friendly way. Book was used when teaching Earthquakes and Volcanoes topic.