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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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
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Family Holiday Trips
Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world
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Money Multiplication
Explain and model how to use standard written calculation methods to multiply money amounts in pounds and pence when solving number problems
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Sport Teams
Explain and model how to use brackets and dashes to add extra information to sentences describing how to play sports and games as part of a team