Unit B – Animal Adventures
This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to plan and write a story based on a book by a significant author about an animal kept as a pet by a family, explore words with ge spellings and use apostrophes to show possession based on Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr.
Plan and write a story based on a book by a significant author about an animal kept as a pet by a family
Lesson One : Word Sounds
Investigate and match the different spellings of words that contain the /dʒ/ sound that can be used to describe pets that are owned by families
Lesson Two : Pet Sentences
Practise using apostrophes for possession correctly in model sentences to indicate some of the things belonging to different family pets
Lesson Three : Pet Belongings
Explain and model how to use possessive apostrophes in example sentences to indicate some of the items belonging to different family pets
Lesson Four : Pet Story Events
Select and sequence different events to use in a story matching the structure and content of a narrative text about problems caused by a family pet
Lesson Five : Pet Story Writing
Draft and edit a narrative story to illustrate alternative conflict and resolution for the main character in a story about problems that might be caused by a family pet
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Final Sound /v/
Explore and record the spelling and meaning of some different words that end in the /v/ phoneme sound
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Flower Gallery
Record, edit and label digital images of some of the different flowers and plants that can be found around the school grounds
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Shape Patterns
Identify, describe and classify sets of 2D shapes by their matching properties when used in examples of repeating patterns
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Special Animals
Identify and record how to punctuate sentences correctly using capital letters to describe some different types of animals