Unit A – Running Wild
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate the main characters and settings in a story by a significant author set in a rainforest, explore spellings of words with tious and cious endings and write and change sentences using relative clauses based on Running Wild, Michael Morpurgo.
Investigate the main characters, settings and sequence of events in an adventure story by a significant ’s author that takes place in a rainforest location
Lesson One : Word Suffixes
Explore the spellings and meanings of different words with endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt cious or tious to use when describing events from an adventure story
Lesson Two : Sentence Extensions
Practise extending a range of different sentences related to the sequence of events in an adventure story by using relative clauses beginning with when, where, which and who
Lesson Three : Sentence Edits
Practise editing a selection of sections from an adventure story changing from the first to the third person and extending different sentences by adding relative clauses
Lesson Four : Story Questions
Select and record questions that can be used to indicate the thoughts and actions of different characters in a section from an adventure story
Lesson Five : Story Events
Suggest and record an alternative sequence of events with conflict and resolution that might feature in the narrative of an adventure story written by a significant author
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Rounding Hundreds
Explain and model how to round some different numbers to the nearest hundred based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Rounding Tens
Identify and record how to round some different numbers to the nearest ten based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Classic Animal Stories
Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters
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Cities, Towns and Villages
Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition