Unit A – Story Ingredients

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore narrative structures and use of vocabulary by an established children’s writer, identify and spell words with silent letters and convert sentences between the third and first person based on A Medal for Leroy by Michael Morpurgo.

Explore narrative structures and use of vocabulary by an established children’s writer, identify and spell words with silent letters and convert sentences between the third and first person

Lesson One : Matching Silent Letters
Identify and spell different words that can be spelt with a range of silent letters to utilise when playing a matching word game

Lesson Two : Story Sentences
Practise converting a range of sentences from different narrative story genres between the third and first person using the correct vocabulary and sentence structures

Lesson Three : Story Events
Compose a selection of paragraphs using the first and third person describing a range of events that might feature in a narrative story about an adventure

Lesson Four : Story Characters
Identify and record some of the information that can be used to describe a story character using a section from a narrative story about an adventurous experience

Lesson Five : Story Plots
Select and describe some of the plots that might feature in different stories to match a range of characters and narrative settings
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Sport Instructions
Read and write sets of instructions choosing vocabulary words and sentence structures for clarity about how to become successful at an Olympic sport
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Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Explore how and why the Ancient Egyptians constructed and used different pyramids and tombs to reflect their beliefs about the afterlife
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Earthquakes
Investigate and record some of the different causes and effects of earthquakes on locations around the world
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Shape Locations
Explain and model how to record and change the co-ordinate positions of some different geometric shapes using translation and reflection movements in the first quadrant.