Unit A – Story Structures
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate the common structures and features of different types of stories and poems, practise adding suffixes to different word roots and use commas to punctuate sentences by reading fantasy stories, science fiction texts, fables and classic poetry.
Investigate the common structures and features of a range of different types of stories and poems, practise adding suffixes to different word roots and use commas to punctuate sentences
Lesson One : What Suffixes
Practise adding a range of suffixes to different word roots and record changes to their spelling and meaning to use when composing example sentences from a specific type of story
Lesson Two : Story Characters
Select and record information from a reading text extract that can be used to support viewpoints and opinions of characters in a specific type of story
Lesson Three : Sentence Commas
Explain and model how to use commas to add a range of different phrases and clauses to sentences from a science fiction story
Lesson Four : Story Fables
Select and record comprehension questions to show understanding of the structure and vocabulary used in different fables that provide the reader with moral lessons
Lesson Five : Poetry Questions
Select and answer a range of different comprehension questions to illustrate the themes and ideas that are presented in a classic poem by Emily Dickinson
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Homophones Matching
Explore the spelling and meaning of some different words that are homophones by matching and listing pairs of words with the same pronunciations
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Friction
Investigate, describe and test the effects of air and water resistance and friction on different objects and materials presenting results using graphs and tables
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Capacity Conversions
Explain and model how to convert between different units of measurement for capacity by comparing and matching capacities in litres and millilitres
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Story Conjunctions
Identify and model how to link clauses in sentences related to some of the special characters and events that feature in different stories