Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 4/5 Spring Mystery Stories
Beetle Boy
Plunge your class into the mysterious, quirky and dangerous world of Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard. Explore tension, and summarise plot events. Create vivid settings using expanded noun phrases. Investigate adverbs of possibility to speculate, order and blame. Finally, have a go at writing the next chapter!
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Explore tension, characters, impact of language and plotting
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
Websites
M.G. Leonard reads Chapter 1 of Beetle Boy
Unit 2 SPAG: Expanded Noun Phrases: Settings & Atmosphere
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
Unit 3 SPAG: Adverbs for Possibility: Discussing and responding to mysteries
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
Unit 4 Composition: Write the next chapter of Beetle Boy
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
You Will Need
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
Websites
M.G. Leonard visits the press to see Beetle Boy being printed
M.G. Leonard discusses cover art