Unit E – Sand Horses
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate how authors illustrate characters and narrate plot events using direct speech when writing stories, practise adding prefixes to word roots and punctuate direct speech sentences based on The Sand Horse, Ann Turnbull and Michael Foreman.
Investigate how authors illustrate characters and narrate plot events using direct speech when writing stories
Lesson One : Prefix Word Match
Play word games to match the prefixes super, mis and dis to different word roots to use in example sentences about a range of story settings
Lesson Two : Sentence Pronouns
Select and convert some of the pronouns that have been used in sentences from a fiction story about different characters into proper nouns
Lesson Three : Story Dialogue
Select and record matching dialogue in example sentences that might have been spoken by different characters in a narrative story
Lesson Four : Direct Speech
Explain and model how to convert different dialogue sentences related to a narrative story read by the class from reported to direct speech using the correct punctuation
Lesson Five : Story Sentences
Explore and illustrate how to choose and record a range of example sentences to suggest what different characters might have said in a narrative story about animals
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Easter Story Poems
Practise composing and publishing different types of poems that use line structures and vocabulary to illustrate scenes in the Easter story
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Sand Horses
Investigate how authors illustrate characters and narrate plot events using direct speech when writing stories
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School Reports
Research and write a news report using journalistic writing containing fact and opinion about a mysterious school event
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Times Tables Division
Practise using facts in each of the times tables to support the division of pairs of numbers when solving a range of problems