Unit E – Sand Horses

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate how authors illustrate characters and narrate plot events using direct speech when writing stories, practise adding prefixes to word roots and punctuate direct speech sentences based on The Sand Horse, Ann Turnbull and Michael Foreman.

Investigate how authors illustrate characters and narrate plot events using direct speech when writing stories

Lesson One : Prefix Word Match

Play word games to match the prefixes super, mis and dis to different word roots to use in example sentences about a range of story settings

Lesson Two : Sentence Pronouns

Select and convert some of the pronouns that have been used in sentences from a fiction story about different characters into proper nouns

Lesson Three : Story Dialogue

Select and record matching dialogue in example sentences that might have been spoken by different characters in a narrative story

Lesson Four : Direct Speech

Explain and model how to convert different dialogue sentences related to a narrative story read by the class from reported to direct speech using the correct punctuation

Lesson Five : Story Sentences

Explore and illustrate how to choose and record a range of example sentences to suggest what different characters might have said in a narrative story about animals

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    School Grounds

    Explain and model how to measure and calculate the perimeters and areas of different shaped locations around the school grounds

  • Rainforest Presentations

    Rainforest Presentations

    Select, manipulate and combine different forms of media to create a multimedia presentation about an aspect of life in a rainforest habitat

  • Flag Printing

    Flag Printing

    Practise and refine different techniques when printing colours, shapes and patterns to design flags to match specific locations

  • Angle Observations

    Angle Observations

    Identify, locate and classify examples of right, acute and obtuse angles that can be observed in a range of different shapes, objects and locations