Unit A – Story Changes
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to read and adapt a traditional tale changing characters and settings, investigate word families to support spelling of common words and use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech based on The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson
Read and adapt a traditional tale changing characters and settings, investigate word families and use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
Lesson One : Word Groups
Identify, group and define the meaning of different words with different prefixes and suffixes that are part of the same root family
Lesson Two : Story Dialogue
Practise using inverted commas to indicate some of the dialogue sentences that might have been spoken by characters in a traditional tale
Lesson Three : Sentence Changes
Identify and record how to convert a range of different sentences from traditional tales from the third to the first person
Lesson Four : Story Endings
Model how to rewrite the ending to a traditional tale writing in the first person from the viewpoint of one of the characters in the narrative story
Lesson Five : Story Planning
Select, plan and record the sequence of events for a narrative story based on a traditional tale by Hans Christian Anderson to match his writing structure and style
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Classic Animal Stories
Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters
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Cities, Towns and Villages
Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition
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Recycling
Research and present some of the benefits and disadvantages that can be produced when recycling different materials at home and in school
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Viking Pots
Develop and refine a range of different art and design techniques when working with clay to make pots that represent Viking culture and traditions