Unit H – Animal Encyclopaedia
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to design and produce a class encyclopaedia including entries and information about different classes of animals, match prefixes and word roots, learn how to retrieve information from non-fiction texts and link sentence clauses using conjunctions.
Design and produce a class encyclopaedia including entries and information about different classes of animals found in the world
Lesson One : Prefix Corrections
Explore how to identify and record the correct words that can be used to describe different types of animals that can be built by using matching prefixes and word roots
Lesson Two : Animal Paragraphs
Investigate how to highlight and label an encyclopaedia entry about a special class of animal to show the main theme of each paragraph in the text
Lesson Three : Animal Explanations
Investigate how to identify and record how to extend some example sentences about different classes of animals using a range of conjunctions
Lesson Four : Animal Notes
Practise researching and recording facts and information about a specific class of animal to use when composing an example encyclopaedia entry
Lesson Five : Animal Classes
Explore how to compose and present facts and information for an encyclopaedia entry describing a specific class of animal that can be found in the world
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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
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Maths Arithmetic Assessment
Assess abilities in solving arithmetic number problems for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when working with informal and formal written calculations
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Environment
Identify and describe some of the special landscapes and locations that can be found in the world and reflect on how they can be protected and preserved for the future