Unit C – Estate Agents
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to compose and edit adverts using persuasive language to sell different houses as estate agents, investigate the spellings and meanings of of words that are homophones and practise selecting powerful adjectives to use when writing expanded noun phrases.
Compose and edit adverts using persuasive language to sell a range of different houses as estate agents
Lesson One : Homophone Sentences
Investigate how to select and record matching homophones that can be used to complete sentences describing different houses for sale in the school’s neighbourhood
Lesson Two : Sentence Building
Practise combining sets of nouns, adjectives and prepositions to compose expanded noun phrases that can be used to describe different parts of a house
Lesson Three : House Abbreviations
Identify and record the meaning of some special word abbreviations that can be used in house sale adverts to indicate different features of the property
Lesson Four : Advert Words
Explore and record how to compile lists of matching synonyms for different words that could be used in an advert to sell a house in the school’s neighbourhood
Lesson Five : House Adverts
Explain and model how to select and use persuasive vocabulary to edit and improve adverts that can be used to sell a range of different houses
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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
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English Spelling Assessment
Assess abilities in spelling different vocabulary words based on the National Curriculum programmes of study for Key Stage Two