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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Space Race
Explore how the space race in the 1950s and 1960s heralded a number of technological, cultural and political changes and advancements in the world
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Moses
Explore and record the life and achievements of Moses from the Old Testament in the Christian Bible and his impact on the development of Christianity
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Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip
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Number Thousands
Compare, order and sequence different sets of four digits numbers by using the place value of their numerical digits including counting in steps of thousands