Lesson One – Word Combinations
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and combine different sets of prefixes, suffixes and word roots to make collections of words from the same spelling family to use when describing characters from a fable.
The class can identify and explain how authors can use and describe different characters in a narrative story to advance the narrative and conclude the plot.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and combine different sets of prefixes, suffixes and word roots to make collections of words from the same spelling family to use when describing characters from a fable
Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated worksheets to practise selecting and combining different prefixes, suffixes and word roots to build words from the same spelling family to use when describing characters from a story fable in sentences.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to combine prefixes, suffixes and word roots to make collections of words from the same spelling family.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to explore and describe some of the different characters settings and events that can feature in traditional fables, identify families of words with common spellings and practise punctuating direct speech in sentences. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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