Unit D – Viewpoints

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise using persuasive and discursive language to discuss and argue points of view in letters and magazine articles, identify and use rules to learn new spellings and practise using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis in sentences.

Practise using persuasive and discursive language to discuss and argue points of view in letters and magazine articles

Lesson One : Spelling Rules
Practise listing and matching different words that follow a specific rule for spelling words with the letter string ie to use when composing letters presenting a viewpoint

Lesson Two : Newspaper Letter
Practise composing a letter to a newspaper using persuasive language to get the reader to support a viewpoint about the building of a new skate park in the local area

Lesson Three : For and Against
Investigate how to make a list of arguments for and against a particular issue such as bringing mobile phones and scooters to school to use when composing a discussion text

Lesson Four : Homework Viewpoints
Plan and write a discussion text outlining and presenting some of the special arguments for and against schools setting homework for pupils to complete

Lesson Five : Sentence Additions
Practise using brackets and dashes to add extra information and interrupting thoughts to sentences related to issues about things that might happen in the local area
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Greek Myths
Practise composing narrative stories to illustrate the structure and format of myths based on culture and traditions from Ancient Greece
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Weather Forecasts
Identify, describe and compare the effect of some different types of weather on a range of locations that can be found around the world
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Number Millions
Investigate and compare numbers in millions by identifying the numerical place values of their matching sets of digits
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Hundredths and Tenths
Explain and record how to illustrate the place value of the sets of matching digits in numbers to two decimal places