This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Significant Authors. This week, children will focus on the books Northern Lights and Clockwork or All Wound Up by the award winning author, Philip Pullman. They will enjoy learning about and creating their own fictional daemons, drawing comparisons between the book and film (The Golden Compass), writing summaries and making predictions! SPAG/GPS covered this week: complex sentences, subordinating conjunctions, adverbs of possibility/probability. Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To create my own daemon Lesson 2: To identify nouns and verbs in sentences Lesson 3: To compare the openings of the book and film NB. This lesson requires children to watch the first few minutes of the film, The Golden Compass. Lesson 4: To make predictions about a story NB. Access to the book Clockwork or All Wound Up would be beneficial, however a link has been provided. Lesson 5: To write a summary of Clockwork Total Number of Slides: 28 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This check list can be used to support children as they learn to identify and apply the features of an instruction text. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This FREE lesson is the first in a 3-Week Unit on Information Texts. This download includes a fully interactive PowerPoint and scheme of work. During this lesson, children will sort a selection of musical instruments according to their family classifications before writing about an instrument of their choice. Click here to download the complete unit! Lesson 1: To record information about a musical instrument Total Number of Slides: 7 Lesson Plan Included? Yes Resources Included? N/A #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

A small selection of Horrid Henry books are required for this unit. This bundle includes lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the teaching of Stories in Familiar Settings based on the Year 4 National Curriculum scheme of work. During this first week, children will read and enjoy a selection of Horrid Henry books as they learn/remind themselves about this funny young boy who has a talent for getting into trouble! They will research, identify and describe familiar settings used within these stories as they practise extending sentences with descriptive phrases. SPAG/GPS covered this week: prepositional phrases, noun phrases and prefixes. Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To explore and describe a character Lesson 2: To answer questions about a text Lesson 3: To extend sentences using descriptive phrases Lesson 4: To create descriptive language for familiar settings Lesson 5: To use neat handwriting and accurate punctuation Total Number of Slides: 29 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes

Help your class to understand how and when adverbs of manner should be used within a sentence with this simple worksheet. More able children could be further challenged by asking them to complete the questions independently using the information provided. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

Have children practice the correct spellings of irregular verbs with this 20-question activity sheet. Questions can be either copied and answered directly into books or answered on the sheet. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

#No additional resources needed This FREE lesson is the first of a 2-Week Unit based around diary recounts. This download includes a fully interactive PowerPoint, lesson scheme of work and resources. During this lesson children will begin reading the story ‘The Diary of a Killer Cat’ by Anne Fine before discussing and exploring the main features of this type of text. Click here to download the complete unit! Lesson 1: To explore the features of a diary entry Total Number of Slides: 12 Lesson Plan Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme