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

  • Angle Measurements

    Angle Measurements

    Identify, classify and record the value of different types of acute, obtuse and straight line angles using protractors

  • Angle Instructions

    Angle Instructions

    Identify and illustrate how to use a protractor correctly to measure the value of different acute angles in degrees

  • Acute Angles

    Acute Angles

    Explain and model how to estimate and measure the value of different acute angles in degree measurements using a protractor

  • Compass Turns

    Compass Turns

    Identify and describe some of the different angles that can be produced when making turns between a range of points on a compass