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Santa’s Holiday
This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to plan and write a narrative story to describe some of the different places that Santa could visit on a holiday using sentence clauses linked by the conjunction and. The class can suggest how Santa might solve problems he could experience on his holiday.
Plan and write a narrative story to describe some of the different places that Santa could visit on a holiday
Lesson One : Santa’s Postcards
Identify and select some special vocabulary words that can be used to describe different places that could be visited by Santa Claus
Lesson Two : Santa’s Holiday Wishes
Model how to write and punctuate sentences that can be used to describe different places that Santa wishes to visit on holiday
Lesson Three : Santa’s Suitcase
Identify and record how to use the conjunction and to link pairs of items that might be needed by Santa for holidays to different locations
Lesson Four : Santa’s Visit
Compile a storyboard that can be used when planning a narrative story about a special place that Santa could visit on his holiday
Lesson Five : Santa’s Trip
Write a narrative story to describe one of the special places that Santa could visit on holiday after Christmas
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