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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Weather Events
Investigate how to add and punctuate fronted adverbials in model sentences explaining when, how or where something happened in the weather
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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