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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Times Tables Division
Practise using facts in each of the times tables to support the division of pairs of numbers when solving a range of problems
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Football Teams
Investigate and record how to format and structure letters that could be sent to and from football teams for different purposes and functions
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School Letters
Practise composing and publishing letters to different members in the school community for a range of functions and purposes
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Living Things and Habitats
Identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world