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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