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Report Booklet: The Roman Baths of Caracalla
A 16 page non-chronological report booklet on the Roman Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
It contains a report, pictures, a map and several question pages.
It could be printed out as a pamphlet for students to use as a guided reading resource or when studying non-chronological reports.
Teaching Points:
GRAMMAR: past and present tenses; direct questions to the reader; relative clauses; complex sentences
PUNCTUATION: exclamation marks; questions marks; commas around clauses; brackets; semi-colons
STRUCTURE: paragraphs with sub-headings; labelled pictures and diagrams
CONTENT & THEME: historical report; specific vocabulary (eg Latin); persuasive language
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Narrative Writing: Peril in Pompeii
A Roman slave witnesses the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Will he escape in time?
A short narrative (2+ pages) which could be used for guided or shared reading or as a modelled text to teach a variety of objectives (see Teaching Points below). The story has dialogue which conveys character and advances the action of the story and includes informal contractions -key objectives for Year 6 pupils to meet ‘at expected’.
Teaching Points
GRAMMAR: past tenses; fronted adverbials; adjectives and adverbs for descriptive detail; connectives (contrast and time); relative clauses; 3rd person narration
PUNCTUATION: commas around clauses; exclamation and question marks; speech marks
STRUCTURE: chronological; paragraphing (opening, build-up, events, resolution); balance of action, dialogue and setting
CONTENT & THEME: build up of suspense; historical fiction; character; figurative language (simile, metaphor, alliteration)