This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and record the spelling and meaning of different words with the dge ending to use when describing the actions of characters from an adventure story.

The class can explore the description and actions of different characters that feature in the opening to a narrative story about animals.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and record the spelling and meaning of different words with the dge ending to use when describing the actions of characters from an adventure story

Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet for core and extension ability levels to identify and correct the spellings of different words with the dge ending in sentences about farms and a set of cards for support ability levels to group the spellings of words with the dge ending with different vowel sounds.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore the spelling and meaning of different words with the dge ending that can be used to describe story characters.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to explore the narrative structure and sequence of events in a story by a significant author with animals as the main characters. 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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