Unit D – News Reports
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate some of the different ways that news stories about mysteries are reported and presented using journalistic writing, explore rules for adding the suffixes able and ible to word roots and practise using a colon to introduce a list in a sentence.
Investigate some of the different ways that news stories about mysteries are reported and presented using journalistic writing
Lesson One : Spelling Rules
Practise using spelling rules to add the suffixes able and ible to different word roots to use when composing headlines for newspaper stories
Lesson Two : Fact and Opinion
Select and record example sentences to match the content behind different newspaper headlines using statements for fact and opinion
Lesson Three : News Sentences
Identify and record some of the matching sentences that have been written in a news report that contains facts and opinions about an event happening in the world
Lesson Four : Sentence Lists
Practise using colons to introduce a list in example sentences about different events that are currently happening in the news around the world
Lesson Five : News Report Editing
Identify and record some of the different changes and improvements that could be made to a news report about an event happening in the world so that it is ready for publication
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Times Tables Division
Practise using facts in each of the times tables to support the division of pairs of numbers when solving a range of problems
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Football Teams
Investigate and record how to format and structure letters that could be sent to and from football teams for different purposes and functions
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School Letters
Practise composing and publishing letters to different members in the school community for a range of functions and purposes
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Living Things and Habitats
Identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world