Lesson One – Confusing Searches
This English teaching pack for Year Six in Key Stage Two gets the children to explore the spelling and meaning of different words that are commonly confused with each other.
The class can identify and explain some of the strategies that can be used to search for facts and information in non-fiction texts that can answer key questions about a special topic such as the lives of kings and queens.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to explore the spelling and meaning of different words that are commonly confused with each other
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of worksheets to get the children to compose and complete different puzzles using words that are commonly confused with each other and model the meaning of each word by using them in example sentences about the lives of kings and queens.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to research a topic using a non-fiction text and the investigate the spelling and meaning of confusing words.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to investigate different non-fiction texts about the lives of royal monarchs from British history by writing an example biography for a Tudor monarch that might have ruled Britain in the past. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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