English Year 4/5 Summer Modern Fiction
No Ballet Shoes in Syria
Learn about characterisation and narrative devices through this moving story of Aya and her family. Write letters and magazine articles. Grammar includes paranthesis and adverbials.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Explore themes and characterisation
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton
Weblinks
Chapter One read by author Catherine Bruton – from Nosy Crow
Unit 2 SPAG: Use brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton
Unit 3 SPaG: Linking ideas using adverbials of time and place
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton