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English Year 4/5 Autumn Short Stories

Joyful, joyful

Enjoy sharing short stories from Joyful, Joyful: Stories Celebrating Black Voices, curated by Dapo Adeola. Analyse openings, investigate language use and plot a short story on a mountain diagram. Practise dialogue punctuation and using modal verbs. Write and publish a class book of short stories inspired by Chasing Joy.

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

Core
Unit 1 Core: Reading and discussing short stories, exploring structure and language (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

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Essential Text
Joyful, Joyful: Stories Celebrating Black Voices curated by Dapo Adeola

SPAG
Unit 2 SPAG: Dialogue Punctuation: Dialogue in Short Stories (suggested as 2 days)

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Essential Text
Joyful, Joyful: Stories Celebrating Black Voices curated by Dapo Adeola

SPAG
Unit 3 SPAG: Modal Verbs: Characters, Feelings and Food (suggested as 3 days)

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Essential Text
Joyful, Joyful: Stories Celebrating Black Voices curated by Dapo Adeola

Composition
Unit 4 Composition: Writing a short story inspired by reading (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

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Essential Text
Joyful, Joyful: Stories Celebrating Black Voices curated by Dapo Adeola

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