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Lesson One – Egg Colours

This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify, define and order some special and powerful vocabulary words that can be used to describe different Easter egg wrappings.
The class can explain and model how to build word ladders to differentiate between strong and weak words when describing the colours of different Easter eggs.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, define and order some special and powerful vocabulary words that can be used to describe different Easter egg wrappings
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and define vocabulary used to describe different Easter eggs in a poem and a worksheet to select and order synonyms that can be used to describe shapes, colours and patterns seen on Easter eggs.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and define special and powerful vocabulary that can be used to describe different Easter egg wrappings.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to select and use descriptive vocabulary to create a shape poem describing different types of eggs given for Easter. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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