Unit F – Great Flood
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to compose and edit a recount about a significant weather event that could happen at the school, identify root words that can be changed by adding prefixes and use commas to add fronted adverbials to show when, where or how something happened.
Compose and edit an informal recount about a significant weather event that could happen at the school
Lesson One : Anti and Auto
Play a selection of spelling and matching games to identify and record how to add the prefixes anti and auto to a range of different word roots
Lesson Two : Weather Opinions
Select and use fronted adverbials to suggest what someone might have said to describe when, where or how things happened in the weather
Lesson Three : Rainstorm Scenes
Select and record what different characters might have said to recount some of the things that happened during a flood event at the school
Lesson Four : Flood Recount
Plan and draft a recount from the viewpoint of a character describing what happened during a flooding event at the school’s location
Lesson Five : Recount Editing
Model how to edit and redraft a recount containing facts and opinions about what happened during a flooding event at the school’s location
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Maths Arithmetic Assessment
Assess abilities in solving arithmetic number problems for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when working with informal and formal written calculations
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Environment
Identify and describe some of the special landscapes and locations that can be found in the world and reflect on how they can be protected and preserved for the future
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Silent Letter Words
Explore and illustrate the meanings and spellings of some different words with silent letters when using them in a range of topics and scenarios
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Complaint Letters
Explain and model how to format and structure writing when composing letters of complaint about different issues and scenarios