Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 1/2 Summer Stories on a Theme
Picture books from the USA
Read and enjoy contemporary American picture books including Where the Wild Things Are and It's a Book. Revise conjunctions and verb tenses before writing a story about their own fantastic adventure.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: read and discuss picture books from America
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Watercress by Andrea Wang and illustrated by Jason Chin
It’s a Book by Lane Smith
Unit 2 SPaG: Co-ordination and Subordination
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
It’s a Book by Lane Smith
Unit 3 SPaG: The past and present tenses, including the progressive form
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Watercress by Andrea Wang and illustrated by Jason Chin
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Unit 4 Composition: a story inspired by Where the Wild Things Are
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak