English Year 3/4 Spring Biographies
Extraordinary Animals
Discover the amazing biographies of extraordinary animals. Summarise events, write film pitches and create a biography. Use paragraphs to organise writing and explore and use adverbials.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to the features of biography texts
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Wild Lives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History by Ben Lerwill
Unit 2 Composition: Paragraphs and Headings
(suggested as 2 days)
Unit 3 SPAG: Adverbials and Fronted Adverbials
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Optional Text
Wild Lives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History by Ben Lerwill