Unit C – Story Structures
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate and model how to use narrative structures employed by authors, match definitions of words that are commonly confused with each other and practise extending sentences using commas based on A Medal for Leroy, Michael Morpurgo.
Investigate and model how to use narrative structures employed by authors when telling adventure stories
Lesson One : Word Definitions
Match and record the definitions of different words that are commonly confused with each other to suggest how they can be used in narrative stories correctly
Lesson Two : Sentence Commas
Practise using commas to insert a range of different phrases and vocabulary lists into example sentences related to an adventure story read by the class
Lesson Three : Sentence Changes
Select and record how to change a range of sentences from an adventure story by using commas to embed relative clauses and add lists to illustrate characters, settings and plot events
Lesson Four : Story Letter
Explain and model how to compose a letter that a character might write about one of the plot events in an adventure story read by the class
Lesson Five : Story Planning
Select and plan a story within a story that might be included in a fiction book by a significant author about characters involved in an adventure
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Friction
Investigate, describe and test the effects of air and water resistance and friction on different objects and materials presenting results using graphs and tables
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Capacity Conversions
Explain and model how to convert between different units of measurement for capacity by comparing and matching capacities in litres and millilitres
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Story Conjunctions
Identify and model how to link clauses in sentences related to some of the special characters and events that feature in different stories
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Colon Lists
Explain and model how to use colons to introduce lists on different topics and themes when they are preceded by a matching independent clause