Unit D – Wind Turbine
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to plan and write a magazine article about an environmental issue, learn rules to spell words with cial and tial endings and use commas to separate phrases and clauses in a sentence. The class can list arguments in favour of or against the installation of a wind turbine.
Plan and write a magazine article about an environmental issue listing arguments in favour of or against the installation of a wind turbine
Lesson One : Spelling Rules
Learn and use rules to spell some different words with cial and tial suffix endings to utilise when discussing environmental issues that can affect the world
Lesson Two : Sentence Commas
Practise using commas to separate phrases and clauses in some example sentences about different forms of energy production that are used in the world
Lesson Three : Turbine Viewpoints
Select and record arguments that are for and against the erection of a wind turbine in the school grounds that might be argued by some different affected groups
Lesson Four : Magazine Planning
Investigate how to plan the content and structure of a magazine article outlining arguments for and against the installation of a wind turbine in the school grounds
Lesson Five : Magazine Article
Draft and edit a discursive writing text outlining some of the arguments that are for or against the installation of a wind turbine in the school grounds
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Homophones Matching
Explore the spelling and meaning of some different words that are homophones by matching and listing pairs of words with the same pronunciations
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Friction
Investigate, describe and test the effects of air and water resistance and friction on different objects and materials presenting results using graphs and tables
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Capacity Conversions
Explain and model how to convert between different units of measurement for capacity by comparing and matching capacities in litres and millilitres
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Story Conjunctions
Identify and model how to link clauses in sentences related to some of the special characters and events that feature in different stories