Unit H – Animal Encyclopaedia
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to design and produce a class encyclopaedia including entries and information about different classes of animals, match prefixes and word roots, learn how to retrieve information from non-fiction texts and link sentence clauses using conjunctions.
Design and produce a class encyclopaedia including entries and information about different classes of animals found in the world
Lesson One : Prefix Corrections
Explore how to identify and record the correct words that can be used to describe different types of animals that can be built by using matching prefixes and word roots
Lesson Two : Animal Paragraphs
Investigate how to highlight and label an encyclopaedia entry about a special class of animal to show the main theme of each paragraph in the text
Lesson Three : Animal Explanations
Investigate how to identify and record how to extend some example sentences about different classes of animals using a range of conjunctions
Lesson Four : Animal Notes
Practise researching and recording facts and information about a specific class of animal to use when composing an example encyclopaedia entry
Lesson Five : Animal Classes
Explore how to compose and present facts and information for an encyclopaedia entry describing a specific class of animal that can be found in the world
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New Start
Explore how to prepare for and deal with some of the new events and special occasions that someone might experience in life
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Viking Settlement
Explore how the Vikings settled and built communities in Britain in the past by referencing their culture and traditions
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Changing Seasons
Investigate changes that can happen to the natural world during the four seasons of the year and reflect on similar changes that can occur in people’s lives
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Chinese Dragons
Select and combine different mouldable and other materials to create masks representing dragons that can be worn during a performance dance