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Key Details:
Focus Text: Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Contains plans, slides, resources
4 Week Writing Unit
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
This humorous adventure is seen through the eyes of twelve year old Liam Digby a ‘gifted and talented’ child whose physical appearance ages him beyond his years. Follow Liam and his friend, Florida Kirby on this humorous, action packed adventure exploring the ups and downs of being a parent and the consequences of a ‘little white lie’.
Overall learning aims of this teaching sequence.
• To enjoy exciting stories with memorable characters
• To consider how particular situations make individuals behave as they do
• To explore dilemmas, empathising with characters
• To build an imaginative picture of a fantasy world, based on real life experiences
This teaching sequence is approximately 3 weeks long if spread out over 15 sessions.
The book supports teachers to teach about emotional response to strong themes in narrative fiction. The narrative structure is carefully crafted to be thought-provoking and the characters and settings are well drawn, offering young readers a good model for their own persuasive writing, debate and to structure written arguments.
Introduce your class to the engaging world of letter writing and diary writing with this 3-week teaching unit based on the Amnesty International endorsed book, “Azzi Inbetween” by Sarah Garland. This touching and thought-provoking story follows Azzi and her family as they embark on a perilous journey to escape danger and start anew in a foreign land.
Key Features:
Comprehensive 3-week unit of work
Includes detailed plans, SEND support, greater depth questions, interactive whiteboard slides, models, and in-depth reflections
In “Azzi Inbetween,” Azzi and her parents must navigate a challenging journey by car and boat to reach safety in a new country. Once there, they face the daunting tasks of learning a new language, finding a home, and adjusting to new surroundings. At school, Azzi encounters a kind helper who guides her through learning English and realizing she is not alone in her experiences. As Azzi adapts to her new life with courage and resourcefulness, she makes a new friend but continues to miss her grandmother who was left behind.
Drawing from her own experiences working with refugee families, acclaimed author and illustrator Sarah Garland weaves a tender and humorous adventure story that will captivate readers of all ages.
This comprehensive bundle offers everything you need to guide your students through the captivating narrative while developing their skills in letter and diary writing. With detailed lesson plans, support for students with special educational needs, questions for deeper understanding, interactive slides, and model examples, this teaching unit provides a rich and immersive learning experience.
Guided Reading - Fantastic Mr Fox 6 Week Plan
This 6 week guided reading plan focuses on The Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl. This plan follows group-based guiding reading approach meaning that each /table or group will complete a different activity on each day.
This package includes a detailed plan that lays out the schedule for the whole 6 weeks, alongside this there are follow-up tasks that relate to each weeks activities.
Example Plan:
Book Intro/ recap: (5 mins)
Introduce new text (chn should have listened to ebook Chapters 1 The Three Farmers and 2 Mr Fox prior to session)
Read chapters 1 and 2 to the children.
What were the farmers’ name?
Challenge pwb: Collect all the adjectives and adverbs that describe the farmers.
What kind of an impression do these words make together? Which farmer would you rather work for? Explain your answer.
Strategy Check: (5 mins)
Explain that when reading you will always encounter new words. What can we do if we find a word we don’t understand? Elicit use a dictionary. How will this help us when reading a text?
State LO. Explain that today we will learn to use a dictionary accurately to look up tricky words and find their definitions.
Independent reading: (5 mins)
Chn read extract/ area of focus.
Response to the text: (10 minutes)
Model process thinking aloud using alphabetical order to find a tricky word.
Read the meaning. Discuss. Put into a sentence.
Ask chn to put inot a sentence of their own (using context in book to help them)
In pairs, chn to repeat for another word.
Then independently when reading the text.
Feedback at end. Was it useful? How did it help you to understand the text? Do you like the text so far?
Introduce follow up task.
English - Persuasive Letter
Year 4/5 - Persuasive Letter - 1 week unit.
In this 1 week unit your class will write a persuasive letter to Horrid Henry about the benefits of reading.
Lesson LO’s:
Main Learning Outcomes: (This should be progressive but each stage can be revisited in the teaching cycle.)
Familiarisation with text: I am learning to understand the purpose and styles of a persuasive text
Analysing Text, language features and organisation: I am learning to understand the language and structural features of a persuasive text
Capturing ideas: I am learning to role-play, plan, orally rehearse a persuasive text
Demonstration/Shared/Supported/Joint Construction Writing: I am learning to jointly construct a persuasive text
End of topic (Big Writing) I can write a persuasive text independently
This unit pack includes interactive whiteboard slides, detailed lesson plans, and daily differentiated activities to support your class.
Year 4 - Guided Reading - The Robot and the Bluebird.
This two week guided reading plan focuses on The Robot and the Bluebird by David Lucas. This plan follows a whole class guided reading approach meaning that all children are required to do the same activity on each day. The activities are differentiated.
The activities include a follow up task, comprehension, language activity and spelling focus.
Example Plan:
Text: The Robot and the bluebird
Children to have the front cover of the text and complete inference grid:
-What can I see?
-What might happen?
-What questions do I have?
Children to read the text in pairs.
Content Domain:
Identifying, discussing and collecting effective words and phrases which capture the reader’s interest and imagination e.g. metaphors, similes
Possible Questions:
How has the robot been described? What is he like? How do you feel about him?
Which page has the most engaging language? (p19/20) Which words stand out? How do they make you feel? Why? What features has the author used?
Activity:
Children to have a copy of this page and to highlight/text mark the engaging features.
Follow Up Tasks:
-Show page as the seasons change (7/8).
Questions:
What words have already been used to describe him? What words do we like? How does it make us feel? Can we capture the reader’s interest anymore on this page? What language features could we use?
Activity:
Children to work in pairs to come up with different language features to describe the robot that will engage the reader more. (adverbial phrase/expanded noun phrase/ compound sentence/complex sentence/simile/metaphor)
Spelling Focus: [SHORT ACTIVITY]
Words ending in (k sound) –que
Can you think of any words that end in a –k sound? -ck -k -ke
Examples: focus on: unique, antique. Other words: like, leek, meek, week, weak, cake, bake etc
Comprehension (differentiated):
Based on finding and collecting adjective, metaphors, similes and explaining why the author has used the different phrases.
Free reading – any text
Free writing – any writing about the text (ideas include description of the robot/bluebird, book review, own story of where the bird came from/journey)
Challenge: Can they include any of the spelling words we have focused on?
Year 4 - Guided Reading - The Worst Witch
This weeks guided reading plan focuses on The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy. This plan follows a whole class guided reading approach meaning that all children are required to do the same activity on each day. The activities are differentiated.
The activities include a follow up task, comprehension, language activity and spelling focus.
Example Plan:
Text: The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
Book introduce
Show ch the front cover on the IWB. What do you think the book will be about? Discuss with tables. Get feedback. What type of book do you think it is? Why do you think this? Show ch the blurb and read together. Does this change what you think the book might be about?
Share LO: I am learning to draw inferences.
Strategy check
Discuss with class what strategies we could use if we were stuck on a word, what they could do when they are reading etc.
Independent reading
Children to read the extract by them selves.
Response to text
Remind ch of the LO. On the IWB have a range of questions about the text. Explain to them what the word inference means and how we answer these types of questions. Things you infer from the text, it about what you think its saying using your reasoning rather than sing concrete evidence. Read between the lines and make a well informed guess. Using Discuss the answers as a class once they have disussed with partner.
Why do you think the school was more like a prison?
Can you explain why Mildred and her friend Maud were a ‘funny pair’?
Why do you think it was unlikely Mildred would get the Witches Higher Certificate?
How do you feel about the character Mildred?
What kind of person is Mildred?
Recap what had happened in the extract yesterday and re read.
I am learning to draw inferences about a character.
Activity:
Ch to use what they have read about Mildred to write a paragraph about her personality.
Spelling Focus: [SHORT ACTIVITY]
Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch (Greek in origin)
scheme, chorus, chemist, echo, character
Comprehension (differentiated):
Ch to read and answer the questions based on the story they have read so far. Ch to mark their answers after.
Free reading – any text
Free writing – writing a new introduction to the Iron Man.
Challenge: Can they include any of the spelling words we have focused on?
Year 4 - Guided Reading - How To Train a Dragon
This one week guided reading plan focuses on How To Train a Dragon by Cressida Cowell. This plan follows a whole class guided reading approach meaning that all children are required to do the same activity on each day. The activities are differentiated.
The activities include a follow up task, comprehension, language activity and spelling focus.
Example Plan:
Text: How to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell
Day 1:
Book introduce
Show ch the front cover on the IWB. What do you think the book will be about? Discuss with tables. Get feedback. What type of book do you think it is? Why do you think this? Show ch the blurb and read together. Does this change what you think the book might be about?
Share LO: I am learning to draw inferences from a piece of text.
Strategy check
Discuss with class what strategies we could use if we were stuck on a word, what they could do when they are reading etc.
Independent reading
Children to read the extract by them selves.
Response to text
Remind ch of the LO. On the IWB have a range of questions about the text. Explain to them what the word inference means and how we answer these types of questions. Discuss the answers as a class once they have disussed with partner.
Why do you think they don’t want Hiccup to be commanding the team?
Do you think they like Limpets?
Why do think Hiccup had been feeling sick?
How do you feel about the characters in the story?
Recap what had happened in the extract yesterday and re read.
Day 2:
I am learning to predict what is going to happen next.
Activity:
Ch to complete predict based on what they have read so far what might happen next in the story.
Day 3:
Spelling Focus: [SHORT ACTIVITY]
Words with the
sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey /eɪ/
Statutory: eight, eighth, reign
Other: vein, weigh, neighbour, they, obey
Day 4:
Comprehension (differentiated):
Ch to read and answer the questions based on the story they have read so far. Ch to mark their answers after.
Day 5:
Free reading – any text
Free writing – writing a new introduction to the Iron Man.
Challenge: Can they include any of the spelling words we have focused on?
Year 4 - Guided Reading - The Twits - Roald Dahl
This four week guided reading plan focuses on The Twits by Roald Dahl. This plan follows a whole class guided reading approach meaning that all children are required to do the same activity on each day. The activities are differentiated.
The activities include a follow up task, comprehension, language activity and spelling focus.
Example Plan:
Text: The Twits by Roald Dahl
Children to read up to page 22 individually
Content Domain:
Ask question to improve understanding of text
Have questions on the board and in pairs children discuss the answers. As a class discuss the answers using the text to help.
What was Mrs Twit like when she was younger?
What did Mr Twit have in his bead?
What was the first trick Mrs Twit played on Mr Twit?
What did Mr Twit do to Mrs Twit’s walking stick?
How did Mr Twit explain to Mrs Twit what had happened to her walking stick?
Read pages 23-30. Discuss what happened in the story so far.
Activity:
Ch to think about the story so far. Ch to think about who do you think is the worse person; Mr or Mrs Twit? Ch to use evidence (quotes) and the tricks to support their answer.
Spelling Focus: [SHORT ACTIVITY]
The suffix –ly is added to an adjective to form an adverb. The rules already learnt still apply. The suffix –ly starts with a consonant letter, so it is added straight on to most root words
Exceptions:
(1) If the root word ends in –y with a consonant letter before it, the y is changed to i, but only if the root word has more than one syllable.
(2) If the root word ends with –le, the –le is changed to –ly.
(3) If the root word ends with –ic, –ally is added rather than just –ly, except in the word publicly.
The words truly, duly, wholly.
Comprehension (differentiated):
Ch to read and answer the questions based on the story they have read so far. Ch to mark their answers after.
Free reading – any text
Free writing – writing a new introduction to the Iron Man.
Challenge: Can they include any of the spelling words we have focused on?
Year 4 - Guided Reading - Secret Friends
This one week guided reading plan focuses on Secret Friends by Elizabeth Laird. This plan follows a whole class guided reading approach meaning that all children are required to do the same activity on each day. The activities are differentiated.
The activities include a follow up task, comprehension, language activity and spelling focus.
Example Plan:
Text: Secret Friend
Day 1:
Children to have the front cover of the text.
What do you think the book will be about? What tells you this?
What do we notice in the picture?
Children to read chapter 1-3 in pairs.
Content Domain:
Identifying, discussing and collecting effective words and phrases which capture the reader’s interest and imagination e.g. metaphors, similes
Making predictions based on information stated and implied
Possible Questions:
What kind of person is Lucy?
What do you think the word ‘outsider’ means?
How did Lucy treat Rafaella in school?
Activity:
Make a prediction about what might happen in the story.
Day 2:
Identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and
summarising these
Activity:
Look at chapter 1-3 in pairs. Write down any emotive language. Any examples of phrases or words that make the reader feel an emption.
e.g I could tell that tears had sprouted behind her eyelids.
Look through the text for adventurous vocabulary (e.g. treacherous, outcaste, offended, hypocryites, embarrassment, contempt). What do these words mean? Can you find synonyms? Can you put the words into a sentence of your own?
Day 3:
Spelling Focus: [SHORT ACTIVITY]
Day 4:
Comprehension (differentiated):
Analysing and comparing a range of plot structures. Questions focus on areas that have already been discussed during English, so minimal support should be required.
Question one (follow up - predictions)
What do you think the word ‘outsider’ means?
-How did the children in school treat Rafaella like an outsider?
-What kind of person is Rafaella?
-How did Lucy treat Rafaella in school?
-If you were Rafaella, would you want to be friends with Lucy? Discuss reasons for your ideas.
-Why do you think the story is called ‘Secret Friends’?
Which character in chapter 3 did you have more empathy for/like/dislike? Why
Day 5:
Free reading – any text
Free writing – writing a new introduction to Secret Friend
Challenge: Can they include any of the spelling words we have focused on?
Year 4 - Guided Reading - The iron Giant
This three week guided reading plan focuses on The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes. This plan follows a whole class guided reading approach meaning that all children are required to do the same activity on each day. The activities are differentiated.
The activities include a follow up task, comprehension, language activity and spelling focus.
Example Plan:
Text: The Iron Giant
Children to have the front cover of the text and first page and complete table
What techniques can you see?
Is the Iron Man going to be a villain or a hero? What tells you this?
Children to read the text in pairs.
Content Domain:
Identifying, discussing and collecting effective words and phrases which capture the reader’s interest and imagination e.g. metaphors, similes
Making predictions based on information stated and implied
Possible Questions:
How has the robot been described? What is he like? How do you feel about him?
What does the front cover tell us? How is this different from the writing?
What do you think will happen?
Activity:
Children to have a copy of this page and to highlight/text mark the engaging features. Children put in negative/positive ideas in table and then write prediction.
Follow Up Tasks:
-Show page as the seasons change (7/8).
Questions:
What words have already been used to describe him? What words do we like? How does it make us feel? Can we capture the reader’s interest anymore on this page? What language features could we use?
Activity:
Children to work in pairs to come up with different language features to describe the robot that will engage the reader more. (adverbial phrase/expanded noun phrase/ compound sentence/complex sentence/simile/metaphor)
Spelling Focus: [SHORT ACTIVITY]
Words ending in (k sound) –que
Can you think of any words that end in a –k sound? -ck -k -ke
Examples: focus on: unique, antique. Other words: like, leek, meek, week, weak, cake, bake etc
Comprehension (differentiated):
Based on finding and collecting adjective, metaphors, similes and explaining why the author has used the different phrases.
Free reading – any text
Free writing – any writing about the text (ideas include description of the robot/bluebird, book review, own story of where the bird came from/journey)
Challenge: Can they include any of the spelling words we have focused on?