Unit C – Robots and Adventures
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate the text structures and content of explanations and recounts and plan and write matching texts, explore and use spellings of words with cious and tious word endings and use colons to mark the boundary between sentence clauses.
Investigate the text structures and content of explanations and recounts and plan and write matching texts
Lesson One : Word Corrections
Identify and record how to use the correct spellings for words with cious or tious suffix endings in example sentences for an explanation about how robots work and function when completing tasks
Lesson Two : Robot Tasks
Explain and model how to plan and write an example explanation to illustrate how and why a robot might complete a specific task or job in a family home
Lesson Three : Mountain Expedition
Identify and record some of the different parts of a recount text that can support a range of matching viewpoints about its content and structure
Lesson Four : Expedition Recount
Identify and describe how to compose and present an example fictional recount describing what happened during an expedition to a dangerous location
Lesson Five : Sentence Colons
Practise using and punctuating colons correctly in example sentences to link independent clauses or introduce a list in a special type of non-fiction writing
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Weather Events
Investigate how to add and punctuate fronted adverbials in model sentences explaining when, how or where something happened in the weather
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Space Race
Explore how the space race in the 1950s and 1960s heralded a number of technological, cultural and political changes and advancements in the world
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Moses
Explore and record the life and achievements of Moses from the Old Testament in the Christian Bible and his impact on the development of Christianity
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Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip