This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explain and model how to use colons to introduce lists on different topics and themes when they are preceded by a matching independent clause. The class can suggest how to use lists with colons in a range of different texts.

Home Robots

Identify and practise using colons to introduce lists in different sentences describing some of the special jobs that robots could perform in a family home

Spring Garden

Explore and record how to write and punctuate lists about some of the special flowers and plants growing in a family garden using commas and colons

UFO Landings

Investigate and illustrate how to use commas and colons to write lists about different unexplained events related to UFO landings that might happen in the world

  • Roman Settlement

    Roman Settlement

    Explore and record what happened when the Romans settled in Ancient Britain and how it impacted the population and made changes to ways of life

  • 3D Shape Labels

    3D Shape Labels

    Identify and record how to label models and illustrations of some different 3D shapes to indicate their special properties

  • Adventure Plays

    Adventure Plays

    practise composing and performing play scripts using the correct structure and format to illustrate adventures to different locations

  • Shakespeare Plays

    Shakespeare Plays

    Investigate the structure and format of different scenes extracted from plays by William Shakespeare to use for drama performances