Santa’s Workshop

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to plan and write an explanation to describe how Santa Claus prepares for Christmas including using apostrophes to indicate possession in sentences. The class can identify special vocabulary to use when writing an explanation and not a narrative story.

Plan and write an explanation to describe how Santa Claus prepares for Christmas including using apostrophes to indicate possession in sentences

Lesson One : Santa’s Sleigh

Identity and describe how to compose an explanation text about how Santa might make different preparations to get his sleigh ready for Christmas

Lesson Two : Reindeer Equipment

model how to use apostrophes for possession in sentences to describe some of the equipment that can be used by Santa’s reindeer

Lesson Three : Elves’ Tools

Practise using apostrophes for possession in sentences to describe some of the different tools that can be used by the elves in Santa’s workshop

Lesson Four : Christmas Eve

Identify and record how to write different sentences to use in explanations to describe how and why Santa makes preparations for Christmas

Lesson Five : Christmas Preparations

Draft and edit an explanation to describe how Santa makes different preparations to deliver presents around the world at Christmas

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