This set of lessons is a two week run for a group of LA and SEND pupils from Year 6 to write another tale from the Monster in A Monster calls.
WK 1
Monday- Using AI to answer questions posed to the Monster.
Tuesday- Figurative language to help the children show not tell their descriptions.
Wednesday- Developing character voice and writing in the style of the Monster. Using the tale of the three brothers as stimulus.
Thursday- Writing a short description of the land the Monster came from to practice using
Friday- Planning their own short story in the style of the Monster using a story mountain.
WAGOLL written from this plan.
WK 2
Monday- Drafting the beginning of their tale.
Tuesday- Editing the draft
Wednesday- Using direct and indirect speech- this is a skills gap for the CHN.
Thursday and Friday- Writing their final pieces using their learning from the past two weeks.
NOTE: Resources from the Monday and Tuesday aren’t included as they were made by another teacher.
INA resources available upon request.
This PP and WAGOLL image I used for a lesson building up to Year 6 CHN writing a setting description of a magical world they invented. The week went like this:
Monday- Brainstorm ideas for towns, cities and landscapes.
Tuesday- Draw the map and name the areas. CHN were allowed to colour and add more decorations during their early morning activity for the rest of the week.
Wednesday- Drama! Describe their land to a peer so they can draw it from the description. Note good vocabulary in word bank/
Thursday- Plan the setting description moving through the world they created
Friday- Plan and final write of description.
A fact file about Europe aimed at LKS2 that could be used as a WAGOLL or for Reading Comprehension.
File includes structural features such as:
Title
Introduction
Subheading
Fact boxes
Bullet points
Images
And language features such as:
Technical language
Third person
Formal tone
Present tense verbs
Expanded noun phrases
Prepositions
I like to have a monthly spread in my teacher diary (which our school diaries do not have) so I made this to print and stick on the first day of each month. I like to doodle patterns and colours on it each month too as I find it keeps me more engaged with keeping track.