Unit B – Story Enrichment

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to record ways of enriching a narrative story using descriptive vocabulary in expanded noun phrases based on A Medal for Leroy, Michael Morpurgo. The class can write in the first person as a character from the story to predict how the story might develop.

Identify and record ways of enriching a narrative story using descriptive vocabulary in expanded noun phrases

Lesson One : Homophone Match
Identify and match pairs of homophones and illustrate their different meanings to use when composing sentences related to a narrative adventure story

Lesson Two : Sentence Extensions
Select and add a range of adjectives and prepositions to example sentences that can be used to describe different settings that might feature in an adventure story

Lesson Three : Sentence Changes
Practise using adjectives and prepositions to extend different sentences taken from a narrative story to reflect about what happened to the story characters in scenes from an adventure story

Lesson Four : Story Ending
Plan and write an alternative cliff hanger ending to a chapter from a narrative story by a significant author to illustrate how characters might respond to events

Lesson Five : Story Letter
Select and compose a letter to record and describe the thoughts of a character about one of the main events in a narrative adventure story by a significant author
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Calculation Solutions
Use standard written methods of addition and subtraction to check calculated sums using inverse operations and solve problems with multi-step solutions
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Number Races
Identify and practise how to use the correct standard written number calculations when adding and subtracting different pairs of four and five digit numbers
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Family Party
Explain and model how to use standard written addition and subtraction calculations to select items needed for a family celebration to match a specific money budget
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Robot Factory
Practise using standard written addition and subtraction calculations to solve different number word problems about products that could be made by robots in a factory