Unit A – Story Characters
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to research and model different ways that authors describe and use characters in narrative stories, practise identifying words with irregular past tense spellings and write sentences using conjunctions based on James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl.
Research and model different ways that authors describe and use characters in narrative stories
Lesson One : Past Tense Words
Identify, define and match a range of different words that have been written in the past tense using their correct irregular spellings
Lesson Two : Sentence Links
Practise using a range of conjunctions to link pairs of sentence clauses about different characters that feature in a range of narrative stories to show their thoughts and actions
Lesson Three : Character Lists
Select and record collections of powerful adjectives that can be used to describe different characters in a story as part of expanded noun phrases
Lesson Four : New Character
Select and describe a character that could feature in a story by a significant author to show their thoughts and actions about the sequence of narrative events and plot developments
Lesson Five : Wanted Poster
Identify and present information about the appearance and behaviour of a character from a story by a significant author to illustrate their importance to the narrative
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Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Explore how and why the Ancient Egyptians constructed and used different pyramids and tombs to reflect their beliefs about the afterlife
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Earthquakes
Investigate and record some of the different causes and effects of earthquakes on locations around the world
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Shape Locations
Explain and model how to record and change the co-ordinate positions of some different geometric shapes using translation and reflection movements in the first quadrant.
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Shape Symmetry
Explore, record and compare the matching lines of symmetry that can be found in a range of different geometric shapes as part of their individual properties