Unit E – Special Places
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to create descriptive images to use in poetry to describe different places in the local community, identify and record the double meanings of words that are homonyms and build expanded noun phrases using powerful adjectives and prepositions.
Create descriptive images to use in poetry describing some of the different places that can be found in the local community
Lesson One : Word Homonyms
Explore how to select and match different homonyms that can be used to describe a special place that can be visited with family and friends
Lesson Two : Sentence Changes
Investigate how to choose some powerful words that can be used to replace weaker adjectives and prepositions in noun phrases about special places to visit
Lesson Three : Location Words
Practise selecting and compiling lists of vocabulary words that can be used to describe a special place that can be visited in the local area
Lesson Four : Poetry Lines
Explain and model how to combine collected vocabulary words to compose matching lines for an example poem describing a special location
Lesson Five : Poetry Writing
Explore how to draft and edit poems that contain expanded noun phrases to describe a visit to a special location in the local community
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3D Shape Labels
Identify and record how to label models and illustrations of some different 3D shapes to indicate their special properties
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Adventure Plays
practise composing and performing play scripts using the correct structure and format to illustrate adventures to different locations
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Shakespeare Plays
Investigate the structure and format of different scenes extracted from plays by William Shakespeare to use for drama performances
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Greek Myths
Practise composing narrative stories to illustrate the structure and format of myths based on culture and traditions from Ancient Greece