used as a stimulus for writing a job application Spy Kids stimulus Smart notes goes through a process of thinking about what the children’s skills are, what experience in secret agent work they have done before (imaginative thinking) and shows appropriate letter structure.

This uses the stimulus video of Alma. The Smartnotes document goes through the short film step by step with key questions to think about and promote creative, descriptive writing. Can be used flexibly throughout KS2.

Here are 8 lessons which goes from page 1 up to page 53 of the book. -Read the book to the children/Children read the chapters stated. Children complete the activity for the lesson. Answers included for easy marking. Made and completed for Year 4. Easily Adaptable.

9 weeks worth of homework! Each week consists of two sets - one for on track learners and one for ‘SEN’ learners. The SEN homework is slightly more visual and goes through the KS1 spellings. The on-track homework takes spellings from the Year 3/4 government spelling list. The homework is intended to be printed double sided with a times table task on one side and spellings on the other. The homework has the due date written on the top of the page which is due in on Fridays but this can easily be amended. #homework #timestables #multiplication #spelling #year3 #year4

Here are 16 lessons with tasks that go up to Chapter 6 of the book. Each Powerpoint consists of the following slides: Revisit Talk Task Vocabulary Focus Deepen Independent Activity Exit Pass This was aimed at Year 4 pupils but could be easily adapted. The planning goes over a few lessons per chapter so it can be studied in depth. My class loved this book and enjoyed the tasks that we did based around the text. #kasperprinceofcats #michaelmorpurgo #guidedreading #guidedreadingplanning #year3 #year4 #year5

This unit of work involves 5 lessons that are creative and go into depth in inferring from the text. This is a unit of work that works on inference and understanding the text. It mostly follows the plan from the CPLE Power of Reading planning for this book. The lessons have some writing opportunities, group work activities and drama/role-play activities. Lesson 1 - Infer from illustrations Lesson 2 - Write an encouraging letter Lesson 3 - Share my opinions about the character’s actions Lesson 4 - Explore the impact of language choic Lesson 5 - Ask questions Each lessons comes in its own Powerpoint. The book can be accessed online via Youtube. Each lesson has a section for a quick spelling practice that currently include Year 4 spellings but this can be easily changed. Each lesson has a short grammar warm up and ends with a word game.

This is a unit of work that part follows CPLE Power of Reading planning. Week 1: Power of reading Week 2: Writing cycle (a structured approach that builds children up for a large piece of writing, including learning a new SPAG skill and applying it to writing) Week 3: Power of reading Week 4: Writing cycle. Power of reading inspired work includes a range of creative and engaging lessons to get children interested and enjoying the story. There are 12 full lessons but this can be extended into 16 lessons (see below). Here are the learning objectives of each lesson: Lesson 1: Make inferences about a character (intro to the book and discussion of characters) Lesson 2: Respond to an illustration (children create their own treasure map similar to in the story) Lesson 3: Sequence events in a story and make predictions Lesson 4: Use commas when writing lists (this will be applied to writing instructions) Lesson 5: Plan instructions (WAGOLL of set of instructions included and planning sheet) Lesson 6: Write instructions (WAGOLL of set of instructions included) Lesson 7: Visualise a character from the story (children create their own sea-monster like in the story) Lesson 8: Visualise a character and a setting from the story (children cut out their sea monster and place onto a setting they have designed to create a page for the story in the book) Lesson 9: Gather descriptive vocabulary (based on their sea creature and setting designs) Lesson 10: Use an apostrophe for contraction (this will be applied to diary writing) Lesson 11: Plan a diary entry (WAGOLL and planning sheet included) Lesson 12: Write a diary entry (WAGOLL included) 2 more lessons can easily be added after Lesson 6. This can be a lesson on editing their writing and then publishing their work. 2 more lessons can be added after lesson 12 for editing and publishing. The book is available online on Youtube so the physical book is not necessarily needed in order to follow this planning. Lesson slides are well thought-out and include slides on key vocabulary, SPAG starters, spelling practice opportunities and now/next/last slides. #ks1 #unitofplanning #unitofwork #english #englishunit #howtofindgold #cple #powerofreading #vivianeschwarz #year2 #spag #writing #reading #instructionwriting #diarywriting

Lessons are based on the VIPERS reading skills. Attached in this unit if work are 28 questioning tasks that take you through the text. There are Powerpoints made for the first 15 tasks. The Powerpoints follow the structure of: Revisit Talk Task Vocabulary Focus Deepen Independent Activity Exit Pass Each lesson was made to be taught to a Year 5 class based on the book Malamander by Thomas Taylor. However, this can be used in both Year 4 and Year 6. #malamander #wholeclass #guidedreading #wholeclassguidedreading #thomastaylor #eerieonsea #year5 #year4 #year6

Here are 20 lessons based on the book The Great Chocoplot by Chris Callaghan. Each lesson comes with a Powerpoint and a task. Each task if based off of the reading VIPERS. This was taught to Year 4 but can easily be taken and slightly adapted to Year 3 and 5. Each Powerpoint follows the structure: Talk Task (discussion question based on the book) Vocabulary (introducing new words they may come across in today’s reading) Focus (main reading part with a focus question) Deepen (children asked to explain something) Independent Activity (questions in Guided Reading books based on the VIPERS) Exit Pass (summarising quick question) #guidedreading #chriscallaghan #KS2reading #KS2 #reading #thegreatchocoplot #chocolate #year3 #year4 #year5 #VIPERS #wholeclassguidedreading #guidedreadinggroup

This is not an exact copy of the planning from The Power of Reading. It is inspired by the planning - taking some lessons and elements and combining it with my school’s approach to writing. Minimum of 14 lessons but another edit and improve session and publishing sessions can be added onto the end making this 16 potential sessions. Aimed at LKS2, Year 3 and year 4. Key skills taught in this unit: Exploration and teaching of rich vocabulary around water portraying a character’s emotion through verbs and adverbs Inference skills Present perfect tense/ past tense Inverted commas for speech This unit of work involves: Short bursts of writing involving of personal experiences around water which could be a diary entry but gives freedom of choice, poetry, asking key questions. It also involves building up skills for children to write about an event that happens in the forest to the main character where he sees something scary in the bushes, runs away and then realises it was only a small animal such as a bunny or an owl. This gives the children opportunity to show, not tell emotions of fear, nervousness and relief. The next part of the unit of work allows the main character to return home where Isac sees his Mum. This involves a conversation, applying their inverted commas skills. Here he can tell his Mum what happened in the forest and why he was so scared but then felt relieved because it was only an animal. Planning documents attached. Key worksheets attached and differentiated activities attached. Each lesson begins with a grammar warm up.

This unit of work involves 10 lessons that are creative and go into depth in inferring from the text. This is a creative unit if work which requires less writing and more hands-on, illustrative work. It mostly follows the plan from the CPLE Power of Reading planning for this book. It is a good unit of work to do when returning to school from a holiday break. PHYSICAL BOOK NOT NEEDED. A virtual copy of the book is inserted in the Powerpoint Lesson 1 - Respond to illustrations Lesson 2 - Understand how illustrations and text create mood Lesson 3 - Explore and illustrate a character Lesson 4 - Write a poem about a lion Lesson 5 - Illustrate a page in the book Lesson 6 - Explore events and characters’ thoughts Lesson 7 - Reflect on how characters are feeling Lesson 8 - Write a diary as a character Lesson 9 - Analyse impactful words Lesson 10 - Communicate a mesage All lessons are saved into one PowerPoint for efficient downloading. Each lesson is clearly stated in the Powerpoint. The book can be accessed online via Youtube. #howtobealion #edvere #cple #powerofreading #ks1 #ks2 #year1 #year2 #year3 #year4 #writing #english #unit

In this unit of work you are downloading 15 lessons. Each lesson comes with a Powerpoint presentation. The number of lessons can be extended if you decide to add a ‘edit and improve’ session and a ‘publishing’ session on produced pieces of work. This unit is inspired by the Power of Reading unit for Hot Like Fire by Valerie Bloom. The book is not needed as all resources needed from the book have been typed up and provided into the download unit. Learning Objectives are as follows: PART 1: Session 1: to annotate a poem (exploration of ‘Grandma, Bandana an’ me’ and ‘How to ask for a hamster’) Session 2: understand language used in a poem (translating the poem ‘De Familiar thing’ from Jamaican dialect to English) Session 3: Understand the meaning behind words (dramatising the poem De Bread Van’) Session 4: Identify the difference between poetry and prose The following sessions follow a writing cycle which allows build-up to a piece of writing/ Session 5: understand and annotate a poem (‘The People Next Door’) Session 6: Identify and use conjunctions Session 7: plan a responding letter (to the invite to dinner that is given to the audience in the poem ‘The people next door’) Session 8, 9 and 10 can be a writing session, editing session and then publishing session. PART 2: This part of the planning unit is exploring and writing with inspiration by Valerie Bloom’s ‘The River’ poem. Session 1: Explore a poem (The River by Valerie Bloom and then 'Life is Like a River by Patricia Walter) Session 2: understand rhyming patterns Session 3: Create my own rhyming poem (inspired by the river poems) Session 4: Create a drama piece PART 3 This part of the planning unit is about creating poems about chocolate, using the learning and inspiration that has been covered int he last two parts. Session 1: Use onomatopoeia and alliteration Session 2: Use rhyming couplets and expanded noun phrases Session 3: Experience chocolate for our poems Session 4: Plan our poems This will then lead onto a writing session, editing and publishing session. #powerofreading #valeriebloom #grandmabandanaandme #theriver #chocolate #jamaica #poetryunit #poetry #ks2 #year3 #year4 #english #writing #writingpoems

Here are 24 lessons based on the book The Nothing To See Here Hotel by Steven Butler. Each lesson up to lesson 15 comes with a Powerpoint and a task. Each task if based off of the reading VIPERS. There are 24 tasks planned to be completed in books and 15 of these tasks come with Powerpoints attached. This was taught to Year 4 but can easily be taken and slightly adapted to Year 3 and 5. Each Powerpoint follows the structure: Talk Task (discussion question based on the book) Vocabulary (introducing new words they may come across in today’s reading) Focus (main reading part with a focus question) Deepen (children asked to explain something) Independent Activity (questions in Guided Reading books based on the VIPERS) Exit Pass (summarising quick question) #guidedreading #stevenbutler #KS2reading #LKS2 #VIPERS #year4 #year3 #year5 #guidedreadingunit #nothingtoseeherehotel #thenothingtoseeherehotel #brighton

This unit of work involves 7 lessons that are creative and go into depth in inferring from the text. This is a creative unit if work which requires less writing and more hands-on, illustrative work. It mostly follows the plan from the CPLE Power of Reading planning for this book. It is a good unit of work to do when returning to school from a holiday break. Lesson 1 - Exploring the cover Lesson 2 - Exploring illustrations Lesson 3 - Understanding and emphathising with characters Lesson 4 - Tracking the emotional journey through text and illustration Lesson 5 - Understanding and illustrating characters Lesson 6 - Design the next page in the book Lesson 7 - Infer the characters’ feelings Each lessons comes in its own Powerpoint. The book can be accessed online via Youtube.

Created with Year 3 and 4 in mind. This unit comes with a Powerpoint for each lesson and attached resources. I have provided SEN/EAL word banks within this unit if work too. Many of the lessons have simplified and differentiated worksheets and tasks for significant SEN and EAL pupils. There are 13 lessons provided but this can be extended to 19 lessons if you follow my notes below. Week 1: Lesson 1: Illustrate the opening of Iron Man. Lesson 2: Use conjunctions Lesson 3: Use similes Lesson 4: Write from Hogarth’s point of view (when he first sees Iron Man) Lesson 5: Write a diary entry from Hogarth’s point of view Week 2: (structured writing cycle) Lesson 6: Plan a diary entry (More structure for the next diary entry which is about when Hogarth traps Iron Man in a deep hole) Lesson 7: Write a diary entry I then used the rest of this week to finish writing, edit writing and publish writing which took this to a whole week) Week 3: Lesson 8: Collect impressive adjectives to describe the scrapyard Lesson 9: Create a piece of art inspired by the scrapyard ‘Extra SPAG lesson expanded noun phrases’ taught here. Week 4: Lesson 10: Identify and use similes and metaphors Lesson 11:Plan a suspenseful horror poem (WAGOLL provided) Lesson 12: Write a suspenseful horror poem I then used the rest of week 4 to finish writing, edit and improve, and publish.

The following plan will go through these lessons: I can understand what a myth is and identify their themes and features. I can compare and contrast different versions of a Roman Myth I can use drama to empathise with characters in a story I can explain when to use possessive apostrophes in character descriptions I can understand the general structure of a myth. I can plan the characters and setting for my own myth. I can use adverbials to open my myth. I can use conjunctions in my myth. Lots of fun to introduce the topic of Romans. Made for year 4 but can easily be adapted. Includes smart notes, differentiated resources and activities.

Here is 4 weeks worth of lessons based on The Pebble in My Pocket. Some lessons are inspired by the planning sequence from The Power of Reading scheme of work which then builds up comprehension and understanding of the text to lead into writing. Two high quality pieces of writing are planned, modelled, drafted, edited and published including a newspaper report and a persuasive speech on the environment. Learning objectives for each lesson are: 1 - write a poem about a pebble (examining and exploring real pebbles) 2 - create an image based on the text (art inspired by the illustrations) 3 - use rich vocabulary 4 - create a storyboard 5 - identify and use formal language 6 - plan a newspaper report 7 - write a newspaper report 8 - edit and improve (no slides for this as children complete this independently through a checklist) 9 - publishing (no slides provided as this is children publishing their work in their neatest handwriting for display) 10 - respond to illustrations 11 - understand the impact of climate change 12 - explain the impact of climate change 13 - explain the impact of climate change 14 - identify and use emotive language 15 - plan a persuasive speech 16 - write a persuasive speech 17 - edit and improve (no slides for this as children complete this independently through a checklist) 18 - publishing (no slides provided as this is children publishing their work in their neatest handwriting for display)

Here are 28 Guided Reading lessons. Each lesson comes with a set of questions based on the reading VIPERS. Questions are to be stuck in books for children to answer. This was originally made for a Year 4 class so could easily be adapted up to Year 5 or down to Year 3. Most lessons have two sets of differentiated questions. Tasks in this unit include: Diary writing sequencing the story book review Answering questions Drawing

Created for Year 4 but easily adaptable. Included are the worksheets/questions for the whole book. 2 per page - easy to print and trim. All objectives based on the reading VIPERS

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)