Unit G – Royal Biographies
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets 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 king or queen, explore spellings of words that are easily confused and learn how to link ideas across paragraphs.
Investigate different non-fiction texts about the lives of royal monarchs from British history by writing an example biography for a Tudor king or queen
Lesson One : Confusing Searches
Explore the spelling and meaning of different words that are commonly confused.
Lesson Two : Paragraph Summaries
Read and summarise paragraphs from a non-fiction text about a royal monarch from the past
Lesson Three : Changing Paragraphs
Select and change paragraphs from a biography to match the structure of different non-fiction texts
Lesson Four : Biography Sentences
Select and compose sentences about the life of a king queen which would not be used in their biography
Lesson Five : Tudor Biography
Compose an example biography for a king or queen that might have ruled Britain in the past.
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Classic Fiction Extensions
Identify and record how to use relative clauses to extend sentences taken from a range of classic fiction stories by significant authors
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Black Beauty
Practise selecting and using a range of relative clauses to change different sentences taken from the work of classic fiction Black Beauty by a significant author
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Alice in Wonderland
Practise selecting and using a range of relative clauses to change different sentences taken from the work of classic fiction Alice in Wonderland by a significant author
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Five Children and It
Select and model how to add extra information and facts to different sentences from the classic story of the Five Children and It by using relative clauses