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English Year 4/5 Summer Instructions and Explanations

Earth-shattering Events

Explore the power of our incredible earth in this block all about volcanoes and earthquakes. Write instructions and fact files, create glossaries and produce reports. Grammar includes parenthesis and conjunctions, prepositions and adverbs.

Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.

Core
Unit 1 Core: Finding out about volcanoes and creating instructional texts
(suggested as 5 days)

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

SPAG
Unit 2 SPaG: Conjunctions, prepositions and adverbs
(suggested as 3 days)

SPAG
Unit 3 SPaG: Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
(suggested as 2 days)

You Will Need

Essential Text
Everything: Volcanoes and Earthquakes (National Geographic Kids)

Weblinks
Clip from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Composition
Unit 4 Composition: Writing non-chronological reports on earthquakes
(suggested as 5 days)

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.