Unit E – School Reports
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to research and write a news report using journalistic writing about a mysterious school event, learn rules for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in fer and use more complex punctuation marks to write sentences.
Research and write a news report using journalistic writing containing fact and opinion about a mysterious school event
Lesson One : Word Sums
Practise using different suffixes to change the spelling and meaning of a range of words ending in fer to use when composing sentences for news reports
Lesson Two : Colon Lists
Explain and model how to use colons to introduce lists in sentences containing facts about some of the different mysteries that might have happened in the local area
Lesson Three : Report Research
Collect and record information and facts to use in a news report describing a mysterious event that could have happened in the school
Lesson Four : News Report Draft
Practise composing the written draft for a news report describing a mysterious event that could have happened in the school
Lesson Five : Report Publishing
Edit and redraft a model news report to include in a school newspaper publication about a mysterious event that could have happened in the school
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Fraction Lengths, Masses and Capacities
Practise using division number skills to calculate and record the fractions of different measurements for length, mass and capacity
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Story Changes
Explore different ways of changing characters, settings and events in a story by a significant children’s author
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Easter Viewpoints
Explore some of the main narrative events in the Easter story and suggest how different characters might have reacted to what happened to Jesus
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Viking Longships
Select, combine and adjust different graphic shapes to create the design that could be used on a replica Viking longship sail