Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 2 Autumn Fantasy
Just Imagine
The Bear and the Piano and Flat Rabbit stimulate creative writing. Use coordination and subordination to extend sentences, learn about past/present tense.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Read, sequence and discuss written and oral stories
(suggested as 4 days)
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With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
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You Will Need
Texts
The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield
Oral Stories
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to be Told, told by Wilf Merttens
Group Readers
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to be Told
Group Readers
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to be Told
This is a story for children and grownups - both will love the neat twist at the end. The delicate and quixotic illustrations add to its charm and, even for the most reluctant readers, this is a real page turner. Children are made aware of the rich language of storytelling in this exemplary text.
Unit 2 SPAG: Expanded sentences: co-ordination and subordination
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
Home Learning packs are not being created for this Block of learning.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Oral Stories
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to be Told, told by Wilf Merttens
Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Conjunctions
Group Readers
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to be Told (see below)
Group Readers
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to be Told
This is a story for children and grownups - both will love the neat twist at the end. The delicate and quixotic illustrations add to its charm and, even for the most reluctant readers, this is a real page turner. Children are made aware of the rich language of storytelling in this exemplary text.
Unit 3 Comprehension: Read stories, make predictions, answer questions
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
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Home Learning packs are not being created for this Block of learning.
You Will Need
Texts
Flat Rabbit by Bardur Oskarsson
Unit 4 SPAG: Identifying and using present and past tense verbs
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
Home Learning packs are not being created for this Block of learning.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
The Flat rabbit by Bardur Oskarsson
Group Readers
The Day Ben Went Bump (see below)
The Animals' Outing (see below)
Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Verbs Present and past tense
Group Readers
The Day Ben went Bump
This is a really simple fantasy story about a child who falls through the floor and meets a variety of creatures in the ground below! Easily accessible for beginning readers, the children can use this to stimulate their own versions.
Group Readers
The Animal's Outing
This gives a simple account of an outing on which all the animals happily set out. They have a lovely day but, unhappily, not all the animals return. Why is Mr Fox looking so fat and happy at the end? Children rapidly engage with the recount and find the text easy to decode.
Unit 5 Composition: Plan, write and tell own stories based on those read
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
Home Learning packs are not being created for this Block of learning.
You Will Need
Texts
The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield
The Flat Rabbit by Bardur Oskarsson
Oral Stories
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to be Told (oral story) by Wilf Merttens
SPAG PDF Grammar revision (see resources)
This document revises the grammar taught earlier in this block: Extending sentences using subordination and co-ordination, and also the use of past and present tense.