Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 1/2 Autumn Stories on a Theme
Farm Stories
Enjoy reading The Birthday Duck and The Little Island exploring characters, setting and plot. Use adjectives to write descriptively and learn about verb tenses. Bring it all together to write a story based on those read.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Reading, discussing and comparing farm stories
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
Sam’s Duck/The Birthday Duck by Michael Morpurgo
The Mouse, the Frog and the Little Red Hen Hamilton Group Reader and audio file
Group Readers
The Mouse, The Frog and The Little Red Hen
This is a rhyming version of the traditional tale with quirky illustrations guaranteed to make you smile. The ending will please children who may be reading this simple text for the first time.
Unit 2 SPaG: Adjectives and Noun Phrases
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
Adjectives and Noun Phrases
You Will Need
Essential Text
Sam’s Duck/The Birthday Duck by Michael Morpurgo
Unit 3 SPaG: Verb Tenses
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
Verb Tenses
You Will Need
Essential Texts
The Mouse, The Frog and The Little Red Hen Hamilton Group Reader
The Little Red Hen Hamilton storytelling video
Group Readers
The Mouse, The Frog and The Little Red Hen
This is a rhyming version of the traditional tale with quirky illustrations guaranteed to make you smile. The ending will please children who may be reading this simple text for the first time.
Unit 4 Composition: Plan and write a version of a familiar story.
(suggested as 5 days)
