This unit of work is inspired by the planning of Power of Reading. Some lessons are the same but I have adapted it to include a writing cycle. The writing cycle supports students by including a grammar lesson, a planning lesson and then the writing lesson. Power of reading week 1 Writing cycle structure (outcome: Eagle poems) Power of reading week 2 Writing cycle structure (outcome: Letters) When referring to the names Amari and Nala, my class gave the characters name so we knew who we were referring to throughout the story. Amari is the farmer’s friend who comes to visit the farmer and is shocked by the eagle. Nala Amari’s wife. Lessons included are: Lesson 1: Read and respond to the story ‘Fly Eagle Fly’ Lesson 2: Identify effective vocabulary Lesson 3: Create a storyboard for Fly Eagle Fly Lesson 4: Visualise and draw a setting Lesson 5: Build a bank of vocabulary to describe an eagle Lesson 6: Identify and use expanded noun phrases Lesson 7: Gather information about eagles Lesson 8: Create a plan for a poem Lesson 9: Write a poem about an eagle (this can be extended to edit and publish) Lesson 10: Understand a character’s feelings Lesson 11: Understand a character’s perspective Lesson 12: Identify powerful vocabulary Lesson 13: Answer questions about a text Lesson 14: Write a book review for Fly Eagle Fly Lesson 15: Identify and use prepositions Lesson 16: Gather information about South Africa Lesson 17: Create a plan for a letter Lesson 18: Write a letter (this can be extended to edit and publish)

This unit will last me two weeks with a year 3/4 class. Can be easily adapted. It contains absolutely everything you need including personally made word mats and sentence starters. Lesson 1: Explore a WAGOLL non-chronological report (2 differentiated WAGOLL’s to work on - one on polar bears and one on pigs) Lesson 2: Use paragraphs Lesson 3: Use paragraphs (progressing from lesson 2) Lesson 4: Create a shared plan Lesson 5: Create a shared write Lesson 6: Create an independent plan Lesson 7: Create an independent write (3 differentiated success criterias) Lesson 8: Edit and improve my work Lesson 9: Publish my work (with appropriate template provided)