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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Length Calculations
Practise using number calculations skills for addition, subtraction, division and multiplication when solving problems related to length measurements
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Maths Calculations Assessment
Assess abilities in solving a range of different number problems for addition and subtraction when working with informal and formal written calculations
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Determinant Lists
Explain and model how to make lists of objects used and found in different locations to match the correct determinants of a and an
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English SPAG Assessment
Assess abilities in composing sentences for fiction and non-fiction using the correct spellings, punctuation marks and grammar vocabulary phrases