Unit E – Seasons
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to select figurative imagery to describe different seasons of the year for use in poetry with similes and metaphors, investigate spellings of words with different suffix endings and use modal verbs to compose lines of poetry.
Select figurative imagery for use in poetry composing similes and metaphors to describe different seasons of the year
Lesson One : Word Corrections
Investigate how to identify the correct spelling of different words with cial and tial suffix endings to match rules including for some words that are exceptions
Lesson Two : Spring Sentences
Practise writing sentences using modal verbs to describe the possibility or certainty of some of the special events that might happen during the spring season of the year
Lesson Three : Weather Seasons
Practise selecting vocabulary words to use in personification phrases to describe the weather that can be experienced in different seasons of the year
Lesson Four : Poetry Images
Investigate and record how to write similes and metaphors to use in lines for a poem comparing the four seasons in the year to some other objects, ideas and feelings
Lesson Five : Poetry Verses
Explain and model how to select and structure some special vocabulary word phrases to use in an extra verse for a poem describing the season of summer
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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