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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Times Tables Division
Practise using facts in each of the times tables to support the division of pairs of numbers when solving a range of problems
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Football Teams
Investigate and record how to format and structure letters that could be sent to and from football teams for different purposes and functions
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School Letters
Practise composing and publishing letters to different members in the school community for a range of functions and purposes
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Living Things and Habitats
Identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world