Unit E – Family Scenes
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how authors illustrate character relationships in a story about family life, identify the meanings and spellings of confusing words and use the perfect form of verbs to indicate timing based on Gangsta Granny by David Walliams.
Explore how authors use vocabulary and dialogue to illustrate character relationships in a story about family life
Lesson One : Confusing Words
Explore how to identify the correct spelling of different words that are commonly confused to use in example sentences about scenes from stories about families
Lesson Two : Sentence Timing
Practise using the perfect form of verbs to correctly indicate the timing of different events in some example sentences about what can happen in a family
Lesson Three : Brackets and Dashes
Explain and model how to add interrupting thoughts to example sentences about what can happen in a family by using brackets and dashes
Lesson Four : Story Dialogue
Practise writing some dialogue sentences for a narrative story to illustrate the relationships that can happen between different characters in a story about families
Lesson Five : Story Character
Investigate and record how to invent and describe some new characters that could appear in a story about family life that has been written by a significant author
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Times Tables Sums
Identify and recall facts in different times table to use when completing multiplication calculations indicating matching questions and products
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Earth in Space
Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the Solar System by using practical models and researching information
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Times Tables Games
Learn and recall facts in the multiplication times tables to utilise when playing some games to match calculation facts and products
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Football Report
Research and write a non-chronological report presenting facts and information about one of the countries participating in a football tournament