Unit G – School News
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate the structure and format of journalistic writing used in newspaper reports about current events, practise building words by adding the prefixes inter and super to different word roots and write fact and opinion sentences using fronted adverbials.
Investigate the structure and format of journalistic writing used in newspaper reports and stories about current events
Lesson One : Word Sums
Practise adding the prefixes inter and super to a range of different word roots to build vocabulary words for use in newspaper stories and reports
Lesson Two : News Questions
Identify and record different parts of a newspaper that can answer a range of questions about an event that is happening in the news
Lesson Three : Facts and Opinions
Select and use fronted adverbials to say when, where or how something happened in a news story using facts and opinions about the event
Lesson Four : News Opinions
Devise and compose a newspaper editorial to record a selection of opinions about a story that is currently happening in the news in the local, national or global arena
Lesson Five : Headline Questions
Select and record the answers to the key questions of who, when, where, what or why to describe the meaning of a headline that has been selected for a newspaper story
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Length Calculations
Practise using number calculations skills for addition, subtraction, division and multiplication when solving problems related to length measurements
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Maths Calculations Assessment
Assess abilities in solving a range of different number problems for addition and subtraction when working with informal and formal written calculations
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Determinant Lists
Explain and model how to make lists of objects used and found in different locations to match the correct determinants of a and an
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English SPAG Assessment
Assess abilities in composing sentences for fiction and non-fiction using the correct spellings, punctuation marks and grammar vocabulary phrases