Unit G – Zoo Visitors

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to read and write instructions that can be used to support visitors to a zoo, practise adding the suffix able to different word roots and compose and structure sentences in a range of forms. The class can role-play working at the zoo to support and help the visitors.

Read and write different instructions that can be used to support visitors to a zoo

Lesson One : Word Sums able
Identify and record how different word roots change their spelling and meaning following the addition of the suffix able

Lesson Two : Zoo Map Instructions
Select instructions that can be used to guide visitors around enclosures and attractions at a zoo

Lesson Three : Zoo Questions
Record instructions that can be given to callers to a helpline to provide information about a zoo visit

Lesson Four : Zoo Answers
Select and record answers to some of the different questions that might be asked by visitors to a zoo

Lesson Five : Zoo Helpline
Role-play acting as a customer service agent to answer queries about a zoo using instructions
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