English lessons based on Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief covering these objectives:
Use modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility.
Add detail to description using relative clauses.
Explore the subjunctive form.
Write predictively and descriptively.
PPT included and resources.
English lessons based on Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief covering these objectives:
Use modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility.
Add detail to description using relative clauses.
Explore the subjunctive form.
Write predictively and descriptively.
WALT: Identify features of a newspaper article.
WALT: Punctuate direct and reported speech.
WALT: Roleplay interviews and record answers as punctuated speech.
WALT: Use semi-colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses.
WALT: Identify the difference between formal and informal language.
WALT: Understand and recognise active and passive voice.
WALT: Plan a newspaper article.
WALT: Write a newspaper article.
WALT: Edit and improve writing.
WALT: Publish a newspaper article.
Ideal for Y6 | Writing planning based on the book Holes | Outcome = writing their own short chapter.
3 full lessons with ppts
WALT: Rewrite a chapter.
WALT: Rewrite a chapter.
WALT: Edit and improve writing.
Ideal for Y6| Writing unit based on the book Holes | Writing outcome is an informal letter.
PPTs for 6 lessons
WALT: Explore features of an informal letter.
WALT: Plan an informal letter.
WALT: Write an informal letter.
WALT: Write an informal letter.
WALT: Edit and improve my informal letter.
Ideal for Y6| Writing unit based on the clip ‘Francis’| Writing outcomes include an information text on a hybrid animal and a short suspenseful narrative.
KS2 Writing Mat to help children with:
Punctuating Speech when the position of the reporting clause varies
Alternative words for said
How to convey character using speech
Ideal for Y6 | 4 pages
Ideal for Y6 | Writing unit based on Literacy Shed clip ‘Francis’ | Children chose two animals to create their own hybrid animal and produce a formal information text.
6 lessons | full PPTs with grammar memory training
WALT: Research and make notes.
WALT: Plan an information text.
WALT: Manipulate grammar and vocabulary to control levels of formality.
WALT: Write an information text (with step by step ways to improve writing).