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English Year 4/5 Spring Instructions and Explanations

The Earth Book

Discover more about our incredible world using The Earth Book by Jonathan Litton. Create information pages and write blogs. Learn how to use parenthesis and create cohesion between paragraphs. Finish the block by writing an explanation text before scripting and recording a podcast.

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

Core
Unit 1 Core: Reading and creating information texts and blogs (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

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

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You Will Need

Essential Text
The Earth Book by Jonathan Litton

SPAG
Unit 3 SPaG: Paragraphs, devices to build cohesion (suggested as 2 days)

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Composition
Unit 4 Composition: Reading and writing explanation texts; creating a podcast. (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Text
The Earth Book by Jonathan Litton

Websites
Audacity podcast recording and editing tutorial
Brains On ‘Why is the Ocean Salty?’ podcast

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