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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Length Measurements
Practise estimating, measuring and converting the lengths of different objects working with measurements in millimetres, centimetres and metres
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Levers, Pulleys and Gears
Research, test and illustrate how to use different types of levers, pulleys and gears to change the direction and strength of a range of forces
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Fraction Comparisons
Practise using pictorial diagrams to record the values of different unit and non-unit fractions so that they can be ordered and compared
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Amazing Animals
Select and use special vocabulary words to use when composing poems with different forms to describe a range of animals